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roller
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a high roller (American & Australian)
someone who spends a lot of money in a careless way, especially risking money in games. He became known as a high roller, and was invited to the biggest gambling tables in town.
See also: high

a roller coaster

a situation which changes suddenly and often between being good and being bad. The Norwegian stockmarket has been on a roller coaster during the past 18 months. What the book does describe very well is the emotional roller-coaster of puberty.
See also: coaster

roller-coaster

a roller coaster - a situation which changes suddenly and often between being good and being bad. His 11-year career has been a roller-coaster ride of injury, rehabilitation, and triumph. (always before noun)


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