high liver


noun Informal.

a person who lives extravagantly or luxuriously.

Origin of high liver

First recorded in 1880–85

Example sentences from the Web for high liver

  • By adopting the cognomen of Habrodiaitos, or high-liver, he brought upon himself the nickname of Rhabdodiaitos, or brush-man.

    History of Ancient Art |Franz von Reber
  • If the high-liver knew when to stop eating, how much less sure dyspepsia would be.