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Spieler

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A swindler, a gambler. Australia, New-Zealand, slang

    "That a crowd of Sydney stealers, Jockeys, pugilists and spielers Brought some horses, real heelers, Came and put us through."

  2. 2
    A gambling club.
  3. 3
    A person who speaks fluently and glibly; a barker.

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

  4. 4
    A radio or television announcer. Canada, US, informal

Etymology

From German Spieler (“player, gambler”) or from spiel.

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