What is "shills"

Usage examples of "shills".

If Democratic Party shills like Ben-Veniste - who himself looks like someone who ought to be searched at airports - are going to make ludicrous, macho statements like that in order to win applause from weeping widows in the peanut gallery, can't we hold them to that policy when it matters?

So she would pay one of the other girl shills five dollars to cash her chit for her.

There was just me and him and an­other player, plus three house shills to take up space.

Jordan was still in the same seat, and there were two male shills at the table.

One of the shills called Yama's name and threw a tile to the deck at his feet and quickly walked away, pushing through the others.

He is the Sultan of Shills, the perfect mouthpiece for the hungry-eyed developers, hoteliers, bankers, and lawyers who have made South Florida what it is today: Newark with palm trees.

And that’s why we’re out here now—an object lesson for all those bootlicking shills and hustlers.

She counted out four silver shills, each a fifth of a sovereign, and the remainder in silver pennies.