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barker
noun- a person who stands at the door of a business calling out to people passing by, trying to lure them into the business UK, 1699
- The spiel of the leather lunged barker, a Barbary Coast fixture who continued on when Pacific St. became the International Settlement, is to be silenced. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 3, 9 January 1957
- Behind him, blazing lights promote a “Male and Female Love Act,” topless singers, topless stewardesses, topless wrestlers. To top it off, The Colonel, a Broadway barker, wears a derby. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 21, 9 March 1976
- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 16, 1980
- an unsophisticated master of ceremonies US
- The barker comes out and says that Hester Prime will now take off her clothes, which is what she does best. — Robert Campbell, Junkyard Dog, p. 132, 1986
- an antique dealer’s assistant UK
- Tinker is my barker. A barker is a fetch-and-carry bloke who helps an antique dealer. I pay him when I can. — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, p. 81, 2003
- in craps played in a casino, the stickman US, 1983 The stickman controls the pace of the game and engages in steady banter with the players.
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 14, 1987
- a dog UK
- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 16, 1980
- a person with a nasty cough UK, 1937
From the verb BARK - a singer US
- — Kenn “Naz” Young, Naz’s Underground Dictionary, p. 14, 1973
- a handgun US, 1814
- Then, holding his roscoe or barker on Mr. Mach, the policeman moseyed back to the truck and peered inside. — San Francisco News, p. 1, 25 August 1950
- “Then he yanks out the barker and bangs him. Smack in the biscuit.” — Richard Prather, The Peddler, p. 67, 1952
- a failure, a waste of time US
An elaboration of the common dog. - “I just went and saw that movie. Avoid it all costs. It was a total barker.” — Dictionary of New Terms (Hope College), 2002
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