Crossword-Solution: HIGHBINDER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Highbinder | n. | A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. |
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| Mean person | 9 answers |
| confidence man | 41 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HIGHBINDER (5)
But a highbinder in one's own house! There has been another departure from the family--Bettie has been sold! Lieutenant Warren wanted her to match a horse he had recently bought.
Smith," Lanyard advised; "don't speak above a whisper! Give the good dope a chance: it'll only need a moment, or I'm no judge and you're a careless highbinder! I'd like to know, however--if it's all the same to you--" But already the injection was taking effect; the look of panic, which had drawn the features of the American and flickered from his eyes with dawning appreciation of his plight, was clouding, fading, blending into one of daze and stupour.
Finally he questioned with soft cheer: "And what sort of a highbinder are you?" Skag answered that he was an American, acquainted with wild animals in captivity, and that he had come to this place to know wild animals in the open.
Her next question was, "Have you ever been a highbinder?" Ministers of grace! and this from a people who profess to know more than any nation on earth! I explained that a highbinder ranked with a professional murderer in this country, whereupon she again laughed, and, turning to General ----, in a loud voice said, "General, I have been calling the ---- a highbinder," at which the company laughed at my expense.
The favorite weapon of the Highbinder is a long knife made of a file, with a brass knob and heavy handle.