spieler
a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
a person with an extravagant line of talk.
Australian. a swindler.
Slang. an announcer for radio or television, especially one who gives commercials.
Origin of spieler
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How to use spieler in a sentence
The rest were crawlers, mostly pub spielers and bush larrikins, and the women were hags and larrikinesses.
Over the Sliprails | Henry LawsonI feel sorry for him, for it is a pity to see a gentleman come down so low, and associate with spielers and card-sharpers.
Tom Gerrard | Louis BeckeThe Low Countries became a famous school, in which klokken-spielers (bell players) by scores were trained.
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks | William Elliot GriffisYou may be the smartest man in the force at catching city burglars and spielers, but you are out of your element in the bush.
The Rider of Waroona | Firth ScottHe said the old chap had "got on his ear" in Sydney, and that "a couple of spielers had rooked him of his stones."
The Black Opal | Katharine Susannah Prichard
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