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.
Etymology
Origin of spieler
From German, dating back to 1885–90; see origin at spiel, -er 1
Example Sentences
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To get them home, Spieler didn’t let a full suitcase stand in her way.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022
This gave Spieler the chance to start fresh with the audio, commissioning a synth-heavy retro score by the Detroit band Voyag3r and fielding a murderer’s row of genre-film stalwarts to dub the actors.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2021
Much of the reconstruction fell to Kurtis M. Spieler, who is credited as the new iteration’s “re-director” and editor.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2021
“It’s crazy. It’s crazy,” said Herrera Spieler, a 25-year-old law student who came to the United States from Mexico at age 2 and grew up in Alabama.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2020
Iffland's pieces, "Verbrechen aus Ehrgeiz" and "Der Spieler," drew forth not only tears and sobs, but also oaths and impassioned vows.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
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