Adjective : high-rolling gamblers; a high-rolling investor. From Dictionary.com.
Frank Sinatra showed him the high-rolling life in Vegas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2005] Reference
She certainly wasn't in love with her high-rolling John. From Wordnik.com. [Marc Cooper: Eliot and Bill: Soul Mates] Reference
Baseball was booming, and the Yankees had new high-rolling ownership. From Wordnik.com. [The Dimaggio Nobody Knew] Reference
Hunt in 1935, is being threatened by his high-rolling great-grandson. From Wordnik.com. [June 2008 Table of Contents] Reference
Wenger likened City to the high-rolling gambler, who cared not for his losses. From Wordnik.com. [Arsène Wenger silent on Manchester City offer but criticises spending] Reference
Companies that hold high-end hotels are fretting about losing high-rolling investment-banking customers. From Wordnik.com. [Hotel REITs Seek to Conserve] Reference
On the one hand, an accurate simulation lets players experience high-rolling thrills without using real money. From Wordnik.com. [The Usenet Lynx FAQ by Rob Jung] Reference
The banks themselves don't want the high-rolling developers and buyout artists they embraced in the late 1980s. From Wordnik.com. [Lenders Out On A Limb] Reference
In turn, the increasingly rich rights fees transformed English soccer into a high-rolling, world-renowned sport. From Wordnik.com. [BSkyB Ordered to Sell Sports Content to Rivals] Reference
Sport horse auctions typically draw high-rolling buyers whose bids can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. From Wordnik.com. [Beasts of Burden: What happens to thoroughbred racehorses after retirement] Reference
And they, like restaurants, are taking hits as high-rolling Wall Street bankers and others cancel expensive holiday parties. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2005] Reference
"And he voted to allow the big banks to pay high-rolling executives unchecked compensation and bonuses," the spot continues. From Wordnik.com. [DCCC Goes After Joe Wilson, Other GOP Reps For Siding With Wall Street (AUDIO)] Reference
It was a legislative Christmas tree, festooned with ornaments for lobbyists and their high-rolling special interest clients. From Wordnik.com. [That’s Not Change You Can Believe In - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
She was making heavy weather of it, and every now and again she would ram her nose clear out of sight in the high-rolling sea. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
David Coleman Headley seemed like a gregarious, high-rolling American businessman when he set up shop in Mumbai in September 2006. From Wordnik.com. [An intricate plot unleashed in Mumbai, the West confronts a new threat] Reference
Comic-Con's schedule began to date A-list actors, make more high-rolling friends, attract all manner of light-saber-rattling riffraff. From Wordnik.com. [BALTIMORE COMIC-CON: Has it become the supreme antidote to San Diego?] Reference
How are all those high-rolling Wall Streeters and their pampered wives holding up as the pink slips multiply and portfolios evaporate?. From Wordnik.com. [January 2009 Table of Contents] Reference
What a complete imbecile ... making her boyfriend endure lie-detector tests and worrying her family sick while she's high-rolling it in Vegas. From Wordnik.com. [chubbychic Diary Entry] Reference
Casino owners rely on the junket operators to bring in high-rolling patrons but have seen their margins squeezed by rising commissions in recent months. From Wordnik.com. [Casino Operator Melco Crown Sets Offering] Reference
Because they are packed with deal makers and high-rolling traders, investment banks regularly pay 40% or 50% of total revenue to employees as compensation. From Wordnik.com. [Thain to Stay; Cohorts' Plans Unknown] Reference
The chamber agreed to cap the commissions that its members pay to intermediaries who bring high-rolling gamblers to the casinos and lend them money to play. From Wordnik.com. [Stanley Ho Has Surgery in Hong Kong] Reference
But I managed to remount my moral high horse when she reported that it's not uncommon for high-rolling customers to purchase matching father/son bathing suits. From Wordnik.com. [Swimwear Worthy of Self-Flagellation] Reference
"My high-rolling bull-market New York crashed," said Casey Greenfield, a 28-year-old native New Yorker who said she plans to be ensconced in Los Feliz by mid-May. From Wordnik.com. [Go West, Young Babes] Reference
Airbus said it has been approached by potential Asian buyers who are looking to turn an A380 "superjumbo" aircraft into a flying casino for high-rolling gamblers. From Wordnik.com. [From L.A. to New York,] Reference
The Times called that “a turning point for the high-rolling culture of Wall Street, with its seven-figure bonuses and lavish perks for even midlevel executives.”. From Wordnik.com. [The House That Goldman Built] Reference
"We're huge with business people," boasts Budget Beverly Hills president Ken Kerzner, who regularly scouts for high-rolling travelers on Wall Street and Madison Avenue. From Wordnik.com. [Sedan Begone] Reference
Hotels are facing unheard of cancellations, and they, like restaurants, are taking hits as high-rolling Wall Street bankers and others cancel expensive holiday parties. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2005] Reference
A half decade of war created a class of high-rolling war profiteers and jet-setters who dominate Belgrade's social scene, and entrenched a class of corrupt party apparatchiks. From Wordnik.com. [All In The Family] Reference
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