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hightail

[hahy-teyl] / ˈhaɪˌteɪl /


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Ranjith Kumaran, chief executive of file-sharing service Hightail Inc., took several steps to rein in costs at the Campbell, Calif., start-up last September.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2015

Since then, Hightail has held at about 90 employees and started bringing in more cash than it was spending.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2015

On the other hand, my lord Chatterino, attended by that coxcomb Hightail, and others of his kidney, stepped towards the altar with a lofty confidence, which the same etiquette exacted of the bridegroom.

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore

"No other, my Lord Hightail, than the realm of Great Britain."

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore

"And who is the debtor?" sneeringly inquired the jack-a-napes Hightail.

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore




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