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Tipster   /tˈɪpstər/   Listen
Tipster

noun
1.
One who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack).  Synonym: tout.






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"Tipster" Quotes from Famous Books



... personally he regarded racing as a low form of sport. The fact that some of the horses have been leased by the War Department to Lord LONSDALE for racing purposes "on sharing terms" caused Mr. MCNEILL to inquire whether Mr. TENNANT would act as the Ministerial tipster; and Mr. HOGGE, who displayed a knowledge of racing which will, I fear, shock the unco' guid of East Edinburgh, thought it ridiculous that Ministers should preach economy in the City and start ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 • Various

... old and looked fifty. Before whisky got him Quinlan had been a great newspaper man. Now that his habits made it impossible for him to hold a steady job he was become a sort of news tipster. Occasionally also he did small lobbying of a sort; his acquaintance with public men and his intimate knowledge of Washington officialdom served him in both these precarious fields of endeavour. The liquor he drank—whenever and wherever he could ...
— The Thunders of Silence • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb



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