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scalper; scalp
noun
a person who buys tickets for a sporting or entertainment event and resells them at a profit US, 1869- [T]he hawk-eyed scalpers, the hard-boiled New York scouts for Hollywood, the agents of the players or acquisitive agents looking for clients, nervous stockholders in the theater and show and their staffs, comprise the hundreds “out front”[.] — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, New York Confidential, p. 41, 1948
- — Zander Hollander and Paul Zimmerman, Football Lingo, p. 104, 1967
- Scalper? You call me a scalper? I perform a service, my friends. The service costs money. Now do you want the tickets or not. — Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982
- “You’re an expert, Phil. The best scalper in the game,” said Arthur with all the respect of one pro for another. Little Phil replied patiently, “I don’t like that word scalper, or even tout. I think of myself as a ticket broker.” — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 49, 1984
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 101, 1996
- As a student in Bronxville I had learned all the tricks–showing up an hour before the performance at Weill to nab five-dollar seats and waiting beneath the overhang at Lincoln Center for the ticket scalpers. — Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, p. 193, 1999
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