spieler
Americannoun
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a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
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a person with an extravagant line of talk.
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Australian. a swindler.
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Slang. an announcer for radio or television, especially one who gives commercials.
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Origin of spieler
Example Sentences
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Reliability, too, is uneven, as engineer and transit planner Christof Spieler recently wrote.
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Manufacturers of electric buses, Mr. Spieler noted, are “on a fast learning curve, and it shows” — though he said that electric buses, when “fully developed and commonplace,” can be cheaper to operate than diesel options.
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An American who has lived in England since the 1980s, Spieler has a pantry that’s a wonderland of culinary specialties.
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When Spieler was on a trip to Poland, some local women gifted her raspberries preserved in syrups, jams and honey.
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To get them home, Spieler didn’t let a full suitcase stand in her way.
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