STREET ENTERTAINER, STREET PERFORMER
NOUNS
1928 ► GUTTERSNIPING playing music on the street and passing the hat for money → Amer. sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1835 ► BILLY BARLOW a half-witted street fool; a street clown; a mountebank → UK sl.
1840 ► GUTTER-CHAUNTER a street singer → mainly Cockney usage
1933 ► GAGGER a street performer or beggar of any kind → UK sl.
1935 ► BOTTLER a collector of money for a street entertainer → UK sl.
1970 ► SIGHTSEERS the crowd that gathers round illicit street traders or gamblers → UK criminals’ sl.
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