high-roller

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“The "Baron" bowed. This was a new complication, but it was all in the day's work⟳. Of course, the whole thing was plain enough. Fatty Welch was "working" some swell guys who thought he was a real high-roller. Maybe he was going to pull⟳ off some kind of a job that very evening. Perhaps this big chap in the swagger flannels was one of the gang. Barney was thinking hard. Well, he'd take⟳ the tip⟳ and play⟳ the hand out.”

“He was a bigger net yield⟳ than any two or three girls because a satisfied woman was far more generous than a depleted john. And frequently, Rocco owed a high-roller a favor and the girl came back with nothing.”

CEFR level