broadsman

English

Noun

broadsman (plural broadsmen)

  1. (Britain, slang) A cardsharp.
    • 1931, The Police Journal (volume 4, page 504)
      In order better to appreciate the use of argot among thieves, a visit to a few public bars of the third-class public houses of Kennington or in the immediate vicinity of the Elephant and Castle would prove of great value, as hoisters, whizzers, tea-leaves, con-heads, broadsmen and brass nobs […]
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