What is "gamester"

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CHAPTER XXII Some Adventures at Trieste--I Am of Service to the Venetian Government-- My Expedition to Gorice and My Return to Trieste--I Find Irene as an Actress and Expert Gamester Some of the ladies of Trieste thought they would like to act a French play, and I was made stage manager.

He came from Naples, was a great gamester, a skilled swordsman, and was always ready to extract himself from a difficulty by a duel.

When the police pounced on her, they found no gaming and no gamesters, and nothing could be done.

They have managed to procure witnesses who swear that you are a professional gamester, that it was you who seduced the three officers into the house of your countryman Peccini, that it is not true that your wine was drugged that you did not lose your watches nor your snuff-box, for, they say, these articles will be found in your mails when your goods are sold.

Lost in thought I did not notice I had arrived at the fountain, round which stood the whole host of gamesters.

Such peculiarities led many to misjudge the dynast, considering him nothing but a shallow-minded gamester.

He had a brother in the Church, a man of parts, and a great gamester, who, having a deep knowledge of the world, had taken the name of Fabris, and the younger brother had to assume it likewise.

I found there a charming girl from Strasburg, named Salzmann, three or four gamesters who had come to drink the waters, and several ladies, to whom I shall introduce the reader in the ensuing chapter.

In a mirthful moment Canano said he had known me for seventeen years, his acquaintance dating from the time I had juggled a professional gamester, calling himself Count Celi, out of a pretty ballet-girl whom I had taken to Mantua.

As I was praising the noble calmness with which a certain prince had lost a thousand roubles to him, he laughed and said that the fine gamester I had mentioned played upon credit but never paid.

I had then been taken in the act by one of the gamesters, and my unjust gains had been very properly taken from me.

After supper my lady proposed a game at faro, and Bettoni, knowing Medini to be a professional gamester, asked him to hold the bank.

Goose, spinning the teetotum with the enthusiasm of a hardened gamester.

This calumnious report vexed me extremely, although I knew that most gamesters would consider it an honour.

Though gears still slipped, causing it to jerk forward momentarily with hideous grinding sounds, Jockey, Lizardo, Upquark and the Gamester managed to climb down its face, landing beside the opening to the Amphora service shaft.