broadsman

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English

Etymology

From broad +‎ -s- +‎ -man, from broad (a playing card).

Noun

broadsman (plural broadsmen)

  1. (UK, 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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