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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

... one in this gang punt?" asked McCabe, the quarterback. "We've only got one real punter in this ...

— Over the Line • Harold M. Sherman

... 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 ...

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

... different enterprises. You are swindled nine times out of the ten—as a matter of fact you are not, the public is a match for anybody, but say that you are swindled, and only one affair turns out well (by accident!—oh, granted!—it was not done on purpose—there, chaff away!). Very well, the punter that has the sense to divide up his stakes in this way hits on a splendid investment, like those who took shares in the Wortschin mines. Gentlemen, let us admit among ourselves that those who call out ...

— The Firm of Nucingen • Honore de Balzac

... his man out instantly. The play followed through for three yards. Again the quarter chose that point and again the second's left side made the opening. But, with three to go on fourth down, a punt was imperative and Martin, the full-back, was called on. As Martin was a right-foot punter Clint had little to do save get through and down the field, and the instant the ball was snapped he dashed into his opponent, beating him by a fraction of a second and upsetting his balance beautifully. When the sound of boot and leather ...

— Left Tackle Thayer • Ralph Henry Barbour

... Rebecca passed a whole night in tears, as the servant told the unfortunate young gentleman, and actually went on her knees to her husband to beseech him to remit the debt, and burn the acknowledgement. How could he? He had lost just as much himself to Blackstone of the Hussars, and Count Punter of the Hanoverian Cavalry. Green might have any decent time; but pay?—of course he must pay; to talk of burning IOU's was ...

— Vanity Fair • William Makepeace Thackeray