How To Use Highbinder In A Sentence
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On the night of February 13, 1922, Hum Mon Sen was shot in front of his herb shop in China Alley by a highbinder who witnesses said wore a beaver cowboy hat.
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Enterprising guides, Caucasian and Chinese, readily catered to the impulse of pleasured fear, oftentimes staging the arrest of a so-called highbinder conveniently in front of a group of sightseers or leading their charges through alleyways replete with employees trained to vanish mysteriously when tourists neared.
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The terms secret societies and tongs are often used synonymously, but highbinders (aka hatchet men) refers to certain members of the tongs.
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We are not aware of the presence of highbinders among the Chinese population.
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Ah Sing in the swelling of commendable pride, at having outwitted the most notorious highbinder in Chinatown, built him a house that was quite large enough to swing a cat in, and as gorgeous inside as a joss house, and quite as dingy without, with the wisdom of Confucius done in very large characters on very red paper pasted all about the front door.
The Conversion of Ah Lew Sing
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I explained that a highbinder ranked with a professional murderer in this country, whereupon she again laughed, and, turning to General ----, in a loud voice said, "General, I have been calling the ---- a highbinder," at which the company laughed at my expense.
As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home
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The Senator is just not the highbinder you may have imagined.
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And twelve for Tessie, and eight for this highbinder on my knee, here!
Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby
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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.'
1897: Strange Tales of Highbinders and Child Actors
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Lai Yuen, merchant opposite the Columbia and Western depot, was threatened by highbinders.
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After that no self-respecting highbinder could hold up his head.
The Conversion of Ah Lew Sing
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The highbinder, evincing not the slightest irritation at his failures, changed the method of attack.
THE PLAGUE SHIP