touter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of touter
Example Sentences
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Arthur Brisbane, longtime press syndicating touter for California opportunities, had announced last week his purchase of 10,000 Florida undeveloped acres at $80 each.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Wall, wall, wall, so it's really you," said the touter of a fur house, in extremely friendly voice; "come in now and we'll hev a drink."
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
The touter carries a lantern of that ingenious size which helps to make the darkness more visible; two steps, and you are over the ankles in mud.
From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry A. Murray
"Bravo! mon vieux--you first poison them with your dinner, and then provide photographs for the widows and children," retorts touter number one.
From In the Days of My Youth by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
As I went through my houter touter, Houter touter, verly; I see one Mr. Higamgige Come over the hill of Parley.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by J. O. (James Orchard) Halliwell-Phillipps
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