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urger
noun
a racecourse tipster AUSTRALIA, 1919- URGER–A fraudulent race follower. — Gilbert H. Lawson, A Dictionary of Australian Words and Terms, 1924
- Ernie the Urger, a man well-versed in form guides, weights, distances, horses for courses etc., was astonished recently at Randwick to see two little old ladies back seven straight winners–some at long prices. — Frank Hardy and Athol George Mulley, The Needy and the Greedy, p. 93, 1975
- Billard Cue–A racecourse urger who always has a tip. — Taffy Davies, Australian Nicknames, 1977
- Gambling occupied quite a bit of the spare time of the stable hands at Marsden’s especially just after pay day, and naturally, the old urger was right in the thick of it. — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 50, 1982
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