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Scalper   Listen
noun
Scalper  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, scalps.
2.
(Surg.) Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.
3.
A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market. (Cant)
4.
A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets. (Cant)






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"Scalper" Quotes from Famous Books



... Melissa Varnum was; how she came to be traveling from Midland City to the end of the track on a scalper's ticket; and in what manner she was given her choice of paying fare to the conductor or leaving the train at Gaston—these are details with which we need not concern ourselves. Suffice it to say that Kent, ...
— The Grafters • Francis Lynde



Words linked to "Scalper" :   ticket tout, speculator, scalp, plunger



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