Meanings
plural highballers
- slangA worker or crew in logging operating at a high rate of speed, typically in a smooth and efficient manner.
He was a highballer. This scar under my eye here is where he handed me the dump wrench one time when I wasn't watching. He never bothered to look.
1954, Queen's Quarterly, volume 61, page 631 more example
The final hour of the day to a highballer is what the final few metres of track are to an Olympic sprinter. (Fact: a highballer will expend significantly more calories in a single day than a runner will during a full marathon, […]
2019, Greg Nolan, Highballer: True Tales from a Treeplanting Life - Synonym of highball glass, a tall glass tumbler used for serving highballs.
Men who played the asshole card usually enjoyed consistent success with uneducated women. So why was Emma pouring the Masterpiece bourbon into a highballer instead of splashing it in this guy's face?
2008, Kylie Adams, Beautiful LiarsSynonyms: highball glass
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of highball glass, a tall glass tumbler used for serving highballs.
Origin
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