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Source of betting advice
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tipster
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone who makes a living by studying the form of racehorses and selling advice on wagers to other punters. (from later 19th c.) 2 (cx video games informal English) One who provides tips or hints on how to succeed at a game.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But we are not shirking our duty as tipsters. ▪ Dan Gardner later came forward and admitted that he was the tipster . ▪ My most pressing experience of Wigg as a tipster was on one of the rare occasions when I went to the Derby. ...
Usage examples of tipster.
As Chuck and I climbed into the cab of my battered old Ford pick-up, Chubby sidled across like a racecourse tipster, speaking out of the corner of his mouth.
His testimony at the inquest sounded perfectly logical and so finely informed that it was hard to understand how such a prominent extroverted witness could possibly have escaped being quoted -- or at least mentioned-- by the dozens of newsmen, investigators and assorted tipsters with access to the Salazar story.
An anonymous tipster had informed Detective Stough that items stolen from the Medina home-and one of the men who allegedly pulled off the burglary-were at a house on Tenaya Avenue.
No matter that the tipsters gave my mount little chance or the bookies were offering ante-post odds of forty to one, the fact remained that for a part-time amateur like myself the offer of a ride in the Gold Cup was as high as one could go.
His testimony at the inquest sounded perfectly logical and so finely informed that it was hard to understand how such a prominent extroverted witness could possibly have escaped being quoted -- or at least mentioned-- by the dozens of newsmen, investigators and assorted tipsters with access to the Salazar story.
The clerical flunkies assigned to the Short case had been given Sunday off, so regular field dicks were doing the drudge work, taking down tips, then writing out slips assessing the tipsters and routing possible follow-ups to the nearest detective division.
Early each morning, it would be full of the best‑looking ne'er‑do‑wells in the city, all the goondas and taxi‑drivers and petty smugglers and racecourse tipsters who had once, long ago, arrived in the city dreaming of film stardom, of grotesquely vulgar homes and black money payments.