high rollers

plural of high roller
as in fritterers
someone who spends money freely or foolishly in the carefree environment of a vacation, even a person of modest means has the urge to play the high roller

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Recent Examples of high rollers The best buyers were Russian noblemen, high rollers who used the glossy fur to line the collars of their winter overcoats. Literary Hub, 29 July 2026 The kind of one-on-one coaching high rollers get at physical tables, in his telling, becomes available to anyone on the site. Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 There’s no special plaque or a wing at the museum for these high rollers of rock — just bragging rights of influence and popularity. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 May 2026 Previously, this area was reserved for high rollers. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026 Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair. Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2026 Soon, Canadian tourists and snowbirds joined the high rollers. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026 Its proximity to Manhattan (a 50-minute jaunt aboard the Metro-North Railroad) gave high rollers a convenient suburban annex for their ball and chains. Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026 The tradition arrives with the Super Bowl every year, as much as part of the pregame lead into the contest as the arrival of the two teams, the weeklong Super Bowl Experience, and the never-ending parties with high rollers. Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
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  • Include categories for deep work, admin tasks, communication, and time wasters.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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  • Independent groups spent millions more backing unsuccessful Republican candidates for governor Chris Carr and Brad Raffensperger, with interests ranging from Planned Parenthood to Georgia Realtors rounding out the top spenders.
    David Wickert, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The champions are expected to have racked up English record revenues last season but were also the division’s biggest net spenders a year ago, at £268million.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Foster died destitute in 1864, after falling and injuring himself in the bathroom of a hotel on the Bowery, becoming perhaps the first of many famous wastrels in American popular music.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

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“High rollers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20rollers. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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