| 单词 | roper-in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroper-in a. A person who entices customers into a gambling house; a decoy. Also: a person who lures others into any fraudulent enterprise, esp. a person who lures a victim into a confidence swindle. Also roper-in. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > decoy, etc. woodpecker1608 puff1722 flasher1731 squib1731 stool-pigeon1830 roper1840 shill1916 stick1926 1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 31 Oct. 2/3 He had not well landed on the Levee, so famous for cotton bags, sugar,..‘ropers in’, and other ‘dry goods’. 1844 J. H. Greene Espos. Gambling (ed. 2) 158 Those secret partners, by gamblers, are termed ropers, or stool-pigeons: their business is to delude the inexperienced into their dens of iniquity. 1875 E. King Southern States N. Amer. v. 61 The ropers for gambling-houses..haunt each conspicuous corner. 1880 H. Morgan Boston inside Out! x. 138 Wal, sir, the ropers-in tackled him: ‘Say, did you see that feller win $600 last night?’ they said. 1891 T. De W. Talmage Night Scenes City Life x. 152 Then you come to the second-class gambling-establishment. To it you are introduced by a card through some ‘roper in’. 1907 Compiled Ordinances City of Grand Rapids 2 All ropers, steers or cappers, so-called, for any gambling room or house..shall be deemed disorderly persons. 1963 J. Thompson Grifters iv. 22 While he turned his head to argue with the two shills..the roper had drawn a small mark on the top card. 1991 L. Sante Low Life ii. iv. 163 Hyer as a roper (a tout) and shill at Frank Stuart's on Park Street, and Sullivan as a proprietor of his own joint. 2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 18 Apr. ii. 6/3 Westley's lured into the gang's scheme by veteran ‘roper’ Albert Stroller..who..convinces Westley that they can help him buy, of all things, Los Angeles' famous Hollywood sign. < as lemmas |
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