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Punter

noun

Someone who propels a boat with a pole.

(football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground.

Someone who bets. Synonyms: better, bettor, wagerer.

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"Punter" Quotes from Famous Books

... down stream on a log was very much easier than working his way through the woods. This taught him the first advantage of sea-power, which is, that you can often go better by water than land. Then a third savage with a turn for trying new things found out what every lumberjack and punter knows, that you need a pole if you want to shove your log along or steer ...

— Flag and Fleet - How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas • William Wood

... to prove that he was not a snob. But no! Not content with making each of his pictures utterly different from all the others, he neglected all the above formalities—and yet managed to pile triumph on triumph. There are some men of whom it may be said that, like a punter on a good day, they can't do wrong. Priam Farll was one such. In a few years he had become a legend, a standing side-dish of a riddle. No one knew him; no one saw him; no one married him. Constantly abroad, he was ever the subject of conflicting ...

— Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days • Arnold Bennett

... of blue tobacco smoke. A half-dozen men greeted them boisterously. These were just about to draw lots for choice of blinds on the morrow. A savoury smell of roasting ducks came from the tiny kitchen where Weber—punter, keeper, duck-caller and cook—exercised the last-named function. Welton drew last choice, and was commiserated on his bad fortune. No one offered to give way to the guest, however. On this point the rules ...

— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White