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One who sells betting advice
Answer for the clue "One who sells betting advice ", 7 letters:
tipster
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) [syn: tout ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one who provides private information," 1862, from tip (v.2) + -ster .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A tipster is someone who regularly provides information ( tips ) on the likely outcomes of sporting events. In the past tips were bartered for and traded but nowadays, thanks largely to the Internet and premium rate telephone lines , they are usually exchanged ...
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.