high-stepper
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“But yellow shoes,” she added, “those would be extraordinary. You had to be a high-stepper to have them or to wear them or to pay for them.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2021
It would also help if that high-stepper from Strictly Come Dancing came back into the fold.
From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2010
"It's something to tell your children about," said Anita Saunders, a high-stepper with the Locke Senior High School marching band, "and everybody else."
From Time Magazine Archive
She's a high-stepper, that Jeanne, and I should pity the man who got her and didn't understand her.
From Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel by Barry, John David
Not a high-stepper or a looker like you in your day, Mae, none of—that chorus pep you used to have.
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie
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