Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- False dice so loaded as always to turn up high numbers: opposed to low-men.
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of highman.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Obs Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.
Examples
“One of his highmen disappeared into the dark forest and came back soon, dragging a half-witted youth, named Ko'so, grinning and mumbling and content till the curved N'gombi knife, that his captor wielded, came”
Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country
“One night Bemebibi went into the forest with six highmen of his order.”
Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country
“So passed Bemebibi, and his people gave him up to the ghosts, him and his highmen.”
Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country
“Hello, thank you guys for answering me. when the computer stops working the following commands are on the screen: audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) type = 2000 audit (1239362871.339: 1): initialized highmen bounce pool size: 64 pages”
“A bale of bard cinque deuces; a bale of flat cinque deuces; a bale of flat size aces; a bale of bard cater treys; a bale of flat cater treys; a bale of Fulhams; a bale of light graniers; a bale of gordes, with as many highmen and lowmen for passage; a bale of demies; a bale of long dice for even or odd; a bale of bristles; a bale of direct contraries, -- names of false dice.”
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