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touter|ˈtaʊtə(r)|
[f. tout v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who touts or canvasses for customers or clients; = tout n.1 2.
a1754Richardson Corr. (1804) III. 316 Here [Tunbridge Wells] are a parcel of fellows, mean traders, whom they call touters, and their business touting..riding out miles to meet coaches and company coming hither, to beg their custom while here. 1762Derrick Lett. (1767) II. 49 The tradesmen of Tunbridge Wells, who use this silly practice [of waylaying visitors to solicit their custom] are called Tooters or Touters. 1844Thackeray Wand. Fat Contrib. i, Touters were about seizing upon the passengers and recommending their hotels. 1881Nation (N.Y.) XXXII. 397 His performances at Albany as a touter for votes.
2. A spy upon race-horses; = tout n.1 3.
1812Sporting Mag. XL. 200 A touter, that is, a person who hides up between the furzes on the heath to see the trials of horses.
3. A thief's scout; = tout n.1 1.
1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxvii, Thimble-riggers, duffers, touters, or any of those..sharpers,..known to the Police.
†4. One who or that which watches: see quot. and cf. tooter1 1. Obs.
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Tout, an old term for looking out, or keeping a prying watch; whence the revenue cruisers and the customs officers were called touters. |