spieler

From German Spieler (“player, gambler”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspiːlə/

spieler (plural spielers)

1. (slang, now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A swindler, a gambler.
   • 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo:

     That a crowd of Sydney stealers,

     Jockeys, pugilists and spielers

     Brought some horses, real heelers,

     Came and put us through.

2. A person who speaks fluently and glibly; a barker.
   • 1909, Jack London, Martin Eden, chapter 31:

     "Bosco! He eats 'em alive! Eats 'em alive!" Brissenden exclaimed, imitating the spieler of a locally famous snake-eater.

   • 1961, Vincent F. Seyfried,The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part I:

     Two thousand men, women and children turned out for this giant excursion and danced and drank the day away while professional spielers extolled the virtues of the new metropolis and inveigled the unwary into investment.

3. A gambling club.

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