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bleeder noun- a person UK, 1887
- The aunt was a proper aunt and what a busy bleeder she was. — Bill Naughton, Alfie Darling, 1970
- There ain’t half been some clever bastards / Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders[.] — Ian Dury, There Ain’t Half Been Some Clever Bastards, 1977
- a contemptible person UK, 1887
- [A]s for this bugger, you only have to clock the bleeder, looks like the very devil[.] — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, p. 169, 1988
- a casino employee or executive who worries extensively about money being lost to gamblers US, 1974
- He will try to avoid picking “bleeders” or “sweaters.” That is executives who so hate to see the player win they may cheat the customer without the permission of the hotel, just out of sheer competitiveness. — Mario Puzo, Inside Las Vegas, p. 182, 1977
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 20, 1987
- in poker, a player who methodically if undramatically drains money from the game by conservative, steady play US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 10, 1988
- a boxer who is prone to bleeding US
- [H]e was not a good defensive fighter and to cap it, a bleeder. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 135, 1975
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