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spinner
noun- in the used car business, a person who is adept at reducing the mileage on a car’s odometer (mileometer) US
- — Peter Mann, How to Buy a Used Car Without Getting Gypped, p. 196, 1975
- in hot rodding, a showy hubcap US, 1958
- — Good Housekeeping, p. 143, September 1958: “Hot-Rod terms for teen-age girls”
- — Tom MacPherson, Dragging and Driving, p. 142, 1960
- a radio disc jockey US
- — Arnold Shaw, Lingo of Tin-Pan Alley, p. 20, 1950
- a person who is mentally unstable after extensive medication US
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, p. 39, 1989
- in the gambling game two-up, the person who tosses the coins AUSTRALIA, 1911
- His actions were keenly observed by the “lucky” spinner[.] — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 51, 1982
- in air-traffic control, a shift of employment covering absent workers’ responsibilities UK
- Christ has just finished a rotating shift, “a spinner” they call it, filling for other [air-traffic] controllers when they’re having their tea break. — New Society, 23 April 1981
- in dominoes, a double that may be played on both ends US
- — Dominic Armanino, Dominoes, p. 20, 1959
- in poker, a streak of good luck US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 85, 1988
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