单词 | nob-pitcher |
释义 | † nob-pitchern. slang. Obsolete. An itinerant swindler (see quot. 18191). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > other types of defrauder or swindler leger1591 concealer1597 break-bulk1622 bug hunter1725 land-shark1769 Morocco man1796 land-cook1807 nob-pitcher1819 bubble-man1862 scuttler1869 lumberer1897 prop man1966 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 192 Nob-pitchers, a general term for those sharpers who attend at fairs, races, &c., to take in the flats at prick in the garter, cups and balls, and other similar artifices. 1819 Sporting Mag. 5 123 The cup-and-ball Macers,..the Nob-Pitchers,..and the Rampers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1819 |
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