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tout noun- an informer, especially one who works for the IRA UK: NORTHERN IRELAND, 1979
- Ray Bledsoe had been preparing to drop off payment for a tout named Proinas Deavey[.] — Chris Ryan, The Watchman, p. 3, 2001
- in horse racing, someone who sells generally worthless advice with the promise of inside information bound to help bettors win UK, 1865
- — American Speech, p. 25, February 1955
- — David Bennet, Know Your Bets, p. 133, 2001
- a horse racing enthusiast who closely watches workouts and is generally disliked by those on the inside of the sport AUSTRALIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 82, 1989
- in a confidence swindle or sales scheme, an agent who for a commission locates potential victims US
- — Kathleen Odean, High Steppers, Fallen Angels, and Lollipops, p. 134, 1988
- in a whe-whe lottery game, a person who records and collects bets, takes the bets to the banker and pays off winners TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1996
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- in a drug operation with a division of labor, a person who calls out the availability of drugs for sale US
- Ready rock, cried the Fayette Street touts. Got that ready. — David Simon and Edward Burns, The Corner, p. 62, 1997
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