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Charlie Brown is a “donk,” a customized 1970s Chevy high-riser with large wheels, the kind of big, flashy hulk that three decades ago became Miami’s contribution to American car culture and then spread to other cities in the South.
From New York Times
Iguodala is a terror in transition, perhaps the league’s most underrated high-riser.
From New York Times
The paterfamilias, director and centrifugal force of The Family is Marvin Camillo, 36, a dark, mustachioed man inclined to high-riser blue shoes and flowered shirts, whom his company �not entirely jokingly�call "Poncho God."
From Time Magazine Archive
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