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Definition of Tipster
1. Noun. One who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack).
Generic synonyms: Adviser, Advisor, Consultant
Specialized synonyms: Racetrack Tout
Derivative terms: Tip
Definition of Tipster
1. n. One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or private hints or information, esp. for use in gambling upon the probable outcome of events, as horse races.
Definition of Tipster
1. Noun. Someone who makes a living by studying the form of racehorses and selling advice on wagers to other punters. (defdate from later 19th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tipster
1. one that sells information to gamblers [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tipster
Literary usage of Tipster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"THE tipster. (Dedicated to Sir Charles Russell, QC, MP) COERCION ! COERCION ! !
COERCION ! ! ! RANDOLPH BIGHT AGAIN I SENT ..."
2. First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings by D. K. Harman (1995)
"01003 The tipster project in the Information Retrieval Laboratory of the ...
Comparing the tipster experiments to previous IR experiments done using the ..."
3. First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings by D. K. Harman (1995)
"Comparing the tipster, experiments to previous IR experiments done using the ...
The documents in tipster are nearly all full text, rather than abstracts. ..."
4. Short Story Classics (American) by William Henry Harrison Murray, Robert Grant, Virginia Tracy, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Robert William Chambers, George Ade, John Habberton, Hallie Erminie Rives, Charles Heber Clark, William Patten, Maragaret Wade Campbell Deland (1905)
""The tipster" has been selected by the author for reproduction in the present
series as repre- tentative of his work. ..."
5. Short Story Classics (American) by William Henry Harrison Murray, Robert Grant, Virginia Tracy, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Robert William Chambers, George Ade, John Habberton, Hallie Erminie Rives, William Patten, Charles Heber Clark, Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, P.F. Collier & Son (1905)
"The tipster" has been selected by the author for reproduction in the present
series as representative of his work. ..."
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