spieler

[ spee-ler ]
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noun
  1. a barker, as at a circus sideshow.

  2. a person with an extravagant line of talk.

  1. Australian. a swindler.

  2. Slang. an announcer for radio or television, especially one who gives commercials.

Origin of spieler

1
From German, dating back to 1885–90; see origin at spiel, -er1

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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 Lawson
  • I 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 Becke
  • The Low Countries became a famous school, in which klokken-spielers (bell players) by scores were trained.

    Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks | William Elliot Griffis
  • You 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 Scott
  • He 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