Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- False dice so loaded as always to turn up high numbers: opposed to low-men.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural Obs Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
highman .
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Examples
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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 Edgar Wallace 1903
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One night Bemebibi went into the forest with six highmen of his order.
Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Edgar Wallace 1903
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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 Edgar Wallace 1903
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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
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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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
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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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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