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单词 nob-pitcher
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nob-pitchern.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old Nob n. at old adj. Compounds 4, pitcher n.3
Etymology: Apparently < Nob (in old Nob n. at old adj. Compounds 4 + pitcher n.3 Perhaps compare charley-pitcher n.
slang. Obsolete.
An itinerant swindler (see quot. 18191).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > other types of defrauder or swindler
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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).
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