high-riser

[hahy-rahy-zer]

noun

1. a couch or single bed with a mattress and frame concealed beneath, which, when pulled all the way out, lift up to the level of the upper cushion or mattress and lock into place to form a double bed.

2. a high-rise bicycle.

3. high-rise.

Example Sentences

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.

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Iguodala is a terror in transition, perhaps the league’s most underrated high-riser.

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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."

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