high roller
Example Sentences
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"Clacton MP quits... to stand as Clacton MP," the Metro splashes, "amid row over ties to high roller Posh George" - a reference to Farage ally George Cottrell.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
"You have heard me say before, I am not a betting man. I am not a high roller; one dollar is my betting limit," Kirschner told Cohen.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2024
A Broadway gambler bets that a Runyonesque high roller cannot take a sidewalk soul-saver on a date to Havana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
In 2002, when he was 31, he went through Washington’s revolving door to become a lobbyist — working for an influential high roller named Jack Abramoff, whom he had met through another Republican staff member.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
She said Dray was, like, a high roller, and that was bad.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
