under the appellations of Tory, Jacobite, highflier, and other cant words
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Highflier
//haɪˈflaɪə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "highflier" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
8 translations across 3 languages.
German
2 entries- Überflieger noun (figurative: an ambitious person)
- Überfliegerin noun (figurative: an ambitious person)
Irish
4 entries- haidhléaraithe noun (figurative: an ambitious person)
- haidhléaraithe noun (figurative: an ambitious person)
- haidhléaraithe noun (figurative: an ambitious person)
- haidhléaraí noun (figurative: an ambitious person)
Polish
1 entries- młody wilk noun (figurative: an ambitious person)
Sample sentences
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A beautiful woman juggled expensive shopping bags while taking a call; friends gathered clinking glasses in celebration; a young man coyly slurped noodles; a gaggle of suited highfliers shook hands over a boardroom with views across the city. Everything screamed: “We are no longer in recession! We are a beating heart of London’s future!”
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Virtually all highfliers that I have seen over all these years of trading have crumbled at some point.
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I like Canadian stocks and have done quite well investing in them, but you are typically better off buying a stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada's leading exchange, than some of the highfliers in Vancouver.
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