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† nob-pitcher Obs. slang. (See quot. 1812.)
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., 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. 1819Sporting Mag. V. 123 The cup-and-ball Macers,..the Nob-Pitchers,..and the Rampers. |