TOUT
NOUNS
► SCALPING working as a ticket tout → L19 sl., orig. US
NOUNS – PERSON
► BARKER one who ‘barks’ at a cheap shop or show to entice people inside; an auction-room or shop tout → 1699
► BIRD DOG one who lures victims into positions of vulnerability; a tout who furnishes prospects and talks up the securities among his acquaintances → 1935 US sl.
► GENTLEMAN OF OBSERVATION a (spying) tout → 19C turf sl.
► IN-AND-OUT a tout, a ticket tout → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
► JACKAL a moneylender’s tout → 19C sl.
► PUSHER a person who promotes or initiates the use or purchase of something; a tout; a peddler → 1929 sl.
► SALMON (AND TROUT) ► SALMON TROUT a ticket tout → 1932 UK rhyming sl.
► SCALPER someone who sells tickets, etc., esp. below the official rates; a spectator who touts tickets for a show, lottery, etc. at inflated prices → 1869 sl., orig. US
► SCHLAPPER ► SCHLEPPER ► SHLEPPER a tout; a person who solicits custom or business → 1940s sl.
► SPRUIKER a person who shouts to attract customers; one who tries to persuade people to buy something, use a service, etc., often in a dishonest or exaggerated way; a tout → 1893 Aust. & NZ sl.
VERBS
► AMSTER to work outside a carnival, sideshow, strip club, etc., touting the pleasures inside and pulling in the customers → 1940s sl.
► CADGE to tout for custom → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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