Meaning of high-hat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who acts in a superior manner.
   slang
2. A large pill of opium for smoking.
   slang
3. A low camera mount without tripod legs.

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Examples

“A young Chinese woman with a plait down to her waist bowed to them both and then continued cutting up the bricks of opium into smaller pieces. […] "High-hats. Five dollars a pound," he explained to Mannion, pointing to the large pills or 'pocks' that the girl held over a candle flame at the end of a long needle.”

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