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To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.

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  1. v. i. To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.
  2. v. i. To ply or seek for customers.
  3. n. One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting.
  4. v. i. To toot a horn.
  5. n. The anus.
  6. n. someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
  7. n. someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
  8. n. one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
  9. v. advertize in strongly positive terms
  10. v. show off
  11. 1. To act as a tout. See 2d Tout. [Cant. Eng.] 2. To ply or seek for customers. [Prov. Eng.] One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. [Cant. Eng.] To toot a horn. The anus. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  12. One who secretly watches race horses which are in course oftraining, to get information about their capabilities, for use inbetting. [Cant. Eng.]