touter

[ tou-ter ]

noun

Origin of touter

First recorded in 1745–55; tout + -er¹

"Dine at the Restaurant de l'Empire, Messieurs," shouted a shabby touter in a blouse, thrusting a greasy card into our faces.
In the Days of My Youth | Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
Roger, the touter, recognised his lordship, as he made his way slowly through the mob along the side of the market.
The Chaplain of the Fleet | Walter Besant and James Rice
The hardware-man looks as if he might be 'touter' to a broken-down brigand.
Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1. | Various
touter, a looker out, one who waits at railway stations and steamboat piers, and touts for customers; a hotel runner.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten

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