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Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Topic Options #124469 - 03/03/04 02:04 PM highbinder wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Date: Fri Jul 26 00:51:18 EDT 1996 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--highbinder high.bind.er \-.bi-n-d*r\ n [the Highbinders, gang of vagabonds in New York City ab1806] 1: a professional killer operating in the Chinese quarter of an American city 2: a corrupt or scheming politician Top #124470 - 03/04/04 08:25 PM Re: highbinder Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada I'm familiar with the term but anyone know where it came from? What did they bind and were there lowbinders?? Top #124471 - 03/04/04 09:01 PM Re: highbinder wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Zed: here is a long article about the Highbinders from Harper's Weekly of 1883 (hope I got that right). It tells a lot about their activities, but I didn't see a discussion of how the name "Highbinder" originated. http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:fMpKDXlLDrUJ:immigrants.harpweek.com/ChineseAmericans/Items/Item129.htm+Chinese+criminals+highbinders&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Top #124472 - 04/14/04 02:11 AM Re: highbinder Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada Then just last week I read a travel guide. It referred to the enforcers of the local Chinese gangs as Highbinders, so-called because they tied their pigtails up out of the way during fights. Sorry, I don't know how to unwide this. Top #124473 - 04/14/04 08:00 AM Re: highbinder Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 how to unwide this It ain' your fault, Z. Top #124474 - 09/11/04 10:04 AM Re: highbinder Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Sorry, I don't know how to unwide this. Tie up its pigtail so as to highbind its horizontal length. Top #124475 - 09/13/04 07:03 PM Re: unwiding Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada tee hee Top #124476 - 09/14/04 05:56 AM Re: unwiding Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 It was wided by Dr Bill's ungeheuer long URL. The onliest thing you can do is add your own CR-LFs when you think the line is getting too long. Top #124477 - 09/14/04 07:13 PM Re: unwiding Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada I don't think I own a CR-LF and if I did I probably wouldn't want to be seen using it in public! Top #124478 - 09/14/04 07:39 PM Re: CR-LF Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 It's right at the tip of your right little finger, Z. Top Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210115 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (tsuwm), 45 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 98 wofahulicodoc 71 endymion6 71 jenny jenny 68 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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