Cant. At gaming, a bystander who encourages novices by putting up small stakes. Obsolete.

slang. A person employed as a decoy in a gambling house. Also: a dummy bidder at an auction; = puffer, n. 4b. Obsolete.

One of the attendants on a gaming table (see quot.). Obsolete.

Applied to persons. A subordinate decoy in a gambling-house.

(a) U.S. a pigeon fastened to a stool as a decoy; chiefly figurative of a person employed, especially by gamblers, as a decoy; (b) a police informer.

U.S. A person who entices customers into a gambling house; a decoy. Also: a person who lures others into any fraudulent enterprise, esp. a person…

A decoy or accomplice, esp. one posing as an enthusiastic or successful customer to encourage other buyers, gamblers, etc.

U.S. slang. An accomplice in a confidence scheme, rigged game, or other scam, esp. one who poses as an enthusiastic or successful participant to…