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sweater
noun- a casino employee or executive who cheats gamblers US
- 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
- in a casino or other gambling establishment, a person who observes but does not participate in a game US, 1968
- Just as much money changes hands between the “sweaters”—the spectators—as between the players, and that is where the real treachery comes in, because the players might be in cahoots. — Robert Byrne, McGoorty, p. 31, 1972
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 223, 1987
- a person who worries US
- — Current Slang, p. 4, Summer 1966
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