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shuffler

shuffler

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A person who mixes cards before dealing in a card game
  • noun
  • /ˈʃʌflər/
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Examples

  • " Talk about paper shufflers," Pontiac laughed.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Dan Randolph: Paper shufflers tend to be conservative souls.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The Congress remains about the same, which just means it will remain ineffectual and of no consequence, except that it's a job for the members and their paper shufflers.

    Blog text (28)

  • The professional shuffler expertly mixed the deck of cards before dealing them to the players.

  • At the casino, the shuffler quickly prepared the cards for the next game of blackjack.

  • Before starting the poker night, we needed to find a reliable shuffler to ensure the cards are mixed well.

Surface Forms

shuffler singular
shufflers plural

Morphology

shuffler = shuffle (transparent) = shuffle + er

Agentive '-er' added to the verb 'shuffle' yields 'shuffler' meaning an agent or device that performs shuffling; this is a regular and transparent formation.

Etymology

Shuffler comes from the verb shuffle, which originally meant to 'mix by sliding or pushing' small groups of things, like cards. So a shuffler is someone who mixes the deck before dealing.