tout
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9.1
- noun
- /taʊt/
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vendedor de pronósticos
- TOUT:
- a racetrack tout
Examples
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The effect was lavish but somehow resembled the combination of a best man at a lower-middle-class wedding and a racetrack tout.
Fiction book (1990) -
I created the greatest sports tout this country's seen.
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Like you, I always bet on the tout.
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Stansberry is nothing but a financial tout.
Blog text (1) -
There's a Summer League in Maine... where all the Major League's touts go to.
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Compare with Achebe 1972:60: "Everybody, even a motor-park tout, knows what school fees are for."
Academic text (2008) -
It was a standard stop for touts, past-posters and girls who couldn't keep an address.
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TOUT:
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"It's a pleasure to stick it to that guy," Jay told me one afternoon, after he'd loudly rooted in a long shot to nose out Fido's even-money favorite in a stakes race, causing the tout to bolt white-faced out of his box.
Fiction book (1990) -
At the racetrack, the tout gave us tips on which horses to bet on.
Synonyms
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7.2
A person who gives advice about betting, especially on horse races
A person who sells tips for betting on horse races
Idioms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tout for a person who sells betting tips probably comes from an old idea of 'watching' the races and quietly passing on a 'tip' about which horse might win. So a tout is someone who watches events and sells advice about the likely winner.