high-rolling

[ hahy-roh-ling ]

/ ˈhaɪˈroʊ lɪŋ /

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adjective Informal.

gambling, spending, or living extravagantly or recklessly: high-rolling gamblers; a high-rolling investor.

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How to use high-rolling in a sentence

And the Memphis-to-Manhattan transplant does have high-rolling friends in Gotham City.
Harold Ford's Money Mountain|Benjamin Sarlin|January 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
A good many people got off, for a small town nestled beneath the high rolling lands of the country estates of the affluent.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham
This level plateau does not extend far back before the foot of the high rolling hills is gained.
Along Alaska's Great River|Frederick Schwatka
In the Champagne they are facing a high rolling country, studded with good artillery positions and points of observation.
World's War Events, Volume III|Various

For the better performance of the high rolling process, roller mills were invented.
Inventions in the Century|William Henry Doolittle
The summit of these bluffs is the common level of the high rolling prairie, extending off in the direction of Far West.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3|Joseph Smith