high roller
noun
1
: a person who spends freely in luxurious living
2
: a person who gambles recklessly or for high stakes
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Examples of high roller in a Sentence
a high roller known for his lavish parties
The casino offers special deals to attract high rollers.
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Up in the high roller suite, both Joan and Pascal choose from a variety of glamorous outfits for their night on the town.
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
For the high rollers, there’s a deluxe pork-and-truffle option, at twenty-eight dollars for a mere five dumplings but worthy of the price, with huge slices of black truffle slipped inside the wrapper with the meat, making the whole package earthy and wild.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
Until now, these rarefied suites have been the exclusive purview of high rollers with million-dollar credit lines, but following the property's sale to MGM Resorts in 2022, things are changing.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2024
As ticket prices have ballooned to hundreds and thousands of dollars, out-of-state high rollers have largely elbowed Louisvillians out of the track for their century-and-a-half-old celebration on the first Saturday in May.
—The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2024
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
For the high rollers, there’s a deluxe pork-and-truffle option, at twenty-eight dollars for a mere five dumplings but worthy of the price, with huge slices of black truffle slipped inside the wrapper with the meat, making the whole package earthy and wild.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
Until now, these rarefied suites have been the exclusive purview of high rollers with million-dollar credit lines, but following the property's sale to MGM Resorts in 2022, things are changing.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2024
As ticket prices have ballooned to hundreds and thousands of dollars, out-of-state high rollers have largely elbowed Louisvillians out of the track for their century-and-a-half-old celebration on the first Saturday in May.
—The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2024
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“High roller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20roller. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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