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Scalper   Listen
noun
Scalper  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, scalps.
2.
(Surg.) Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.
3.
A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market. (Cant)
4.
A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets. (Cant)





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"Scalper" Quotes from Famous Books



... always the "principal scalper," however, and we had few of our feathers left after he was on the warpath. We were so little we couldn't reach his feathers. He always wore two long shiny ones, which had been the special pride of our black rooster, and when he threw a piece of ...
— Last of the Great Scouts - The Life Story of William F. Cody ["Buffalo Bill"] • Helen Cody Wetmore
... as to what shall befall their rivals." How many weak corporations have been deliberately ruined by the cut rates of stronger competitors? If the laborer has "scab" in his vocabulary, has not the railroad manager his "scalper" ...
— Monopolies and the People • Charles Whiting Baker


Words linked to "Scalper" :   scalp, tout, plunger, ticket tout, speculator


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