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dropper
noun- a gambler who can be counted on to lose a lot of money US
- During his stay, hieroglyphics are secretly appended to his name on the hotel register, which catalogue him as a “dropper” (businessman and heavy loser), “producer” (businessman), or “nonproducer” (professional gambler). — Ed Reid and Ovid Demaris, The Green Jungle, p. 2, 1963
- a criminal who cashes a forged cheque UK
- [T]he penman, who never drops himself, has to send a minder, known as a topper, to keep an eye on the dropper[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 81, 1956
- a paid killer US
- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 797, 1962
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