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Raretouts
The correct spelling is touts.
How to pronounce touts
noun
Say it like: Tow-ts
The correct spelling is touts. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. For example: "Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena, they are famed for selling counterfeits."
Usage Examples
“Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena, they are famed for selling counterfeits.”
“Mary has been touted as a potential succesor to the current COE.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
- 2.A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
- 3.A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
- 4.An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
verb
- 1.To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
- 2.To look upon or watch.
- 3.To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
- 4.To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
- 5.To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
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