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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 highbinder #124469 03/03/04 07:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: highbinder #124470 03/05/04 01:25 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I'm familiar with the term but anyone know where it came from? What did they bind and were there lowbinders?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: highbinder #124471 03/05/04 02:01 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: highbinder #124472 04/14/04 06:11 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: highbinder #124473 04/14/04 12:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 how to unwide this It ain' your fault, Z. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: highbinder #124474 09/11/04 02:04 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: unwiding #124475 09/13/04 11:03 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada tee hee Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: unwiding #124476 09/14/04 09:56 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: unwiding #124477 09/14/04 11:13 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 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! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: CR-LF #124478 09/14/04 11:39 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 It's right at the tip of your right little finger, Z. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  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. 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