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- noun Plural form of
highbinder .
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Examples
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It may be that the Chinese 'highbinder' has a discrete origin: thus Asbury _Barbary Coast_ 1933 185: 'The _boo how doy_, popularly known as hatchetmen or highbinders, received regular salaries, with extra pay for exceptional bravery in battle.'
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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In 1886, Harpers Weekly had a whole article about highbinders from the excellent HarpWeek archives:
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There is some sort of trouble about a boycott of one Man Low Yek, ordered by the highbinders...
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There is some sort of trouble about a boycott of one Man Low Yek, ordered by the highbinders...
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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It may be that the Chinese 'highbinder' has a discrete origin: thus Asbury _Barbary Coast_ 1933 185: 'The _boo how doy_, popularly known as hatchetmen or highbinders, received regular salaries, with extra pay for exceptional bravery in battle.'
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In 1886, Harpers Weekly had a whole article about highbinders from the excellent HarpWeek archives:
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Elsewhere, no doubt, the highbinders were attending to each other's wounds.
Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999
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Ordinarily that bunch of highbinders wouldn't give away a bucketful of space. '
The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952
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"He's one of the ringleaders of that gang of highbinders," answered Tom.
Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs Homer Randall
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Wouldn't I look well, now, handing four hundred pounds over to those highbinders?
The Silver Horde Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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