highflier
or high-fli·er, high·fly·er, high-fly·er
[hahy-flahy-er]
- a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
- a person or thing that flies high.
- a stock, often speculative, whose price moves up or down widely.
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Origin of highflier
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Look at the first twenty people that come towering by on the roof of a Highflier or a Defiance.
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