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punter noun- a customer, a consumer; in the plural, an audience UK, 1965
- — Tom Hibbert, Rockspeak!, p. 127, 1983
- — Bob Young and Micky Moody, The Language of Rock ‘n’ Roll, p. 113, 1985
- There were only two punters, old boys playing crib. — Gary Bushell, The Face, p. 6, 2001
- [A] populist entertainer such as Adam Sandler or Martin Lawrence will draw in the punters irrespective of season, or, indeed, quality. — The Guardian, 29 November 2002
- a prostitute’s customer UK, 1970
- — Maledicta, p. 147, Summer/Winter 1986–1987: “Sexual slang: prostitutes, pedophiles, flagellators, transvestites, and necrophiles”
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 93, 1996
- I never rob my punters; we’ve got a bad enough name as it is. — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 49, 2000
- a gambler UK, 1873
- But nothing has so infuriated punters as high minimum stakes[.] — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 67, 1991
- a drug dealer’s customer UK
- rushing to and from punters, setting up deals. — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 1, 2000
- a confidence trickster’s victim UK, 1934
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 93, 1996
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