See Also: high-flyer(dictionary)
High flyer(finance)
High Flyer(money)
flyer(dictionary)
flyer(dictionary)
flyer(medicine)
Flyer(money)
Flyer - Cycling(gambling)
Take a Flyer - Cycling(gambling)
Camera Flyer - Skydiving(gambling)

high-flyer (iou)



high-flyer noun. Also high-flier. L16.
[from HIGH adverb + FLYER noun.]
A person who or thing which flies high. L16.
Browning All ye highfliers of the feathered race, Swallows and curlews!
An ambitious person; a person or thing with great potential for achievement. M17.
P. Lively He's not headmaster..for nothing, he knows a high-flyer when he sees one.
b. A person with extreme views. L17.
A high-class prostitute. slang (now Hist.). L17.
A fast stagecoach. E-M19.
In full high-flyer walnut. A variety of walnut. Now rare. E19.
A moth of the genus Hydriomena. M19.
July high-flyer: see JULY noun1.
A speculative financial investment giving an above average return. slang. M20.
Fortune Its stock was a highflier on the volatile Hong Kong Stock Exchange.