Meaning

noun someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

noun someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

noun one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

originFrom Middle English touten (“to jut out, protrude, gaze upon, observe, peer”), from Old English *tūtian (“to be sticking out, protrude”), related to Old English tȳtan (“to stand out, be conspicuous, shine”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- (“to stick out, project”). Compare Icelandic túta (“a teat-like prominence”), tútna (“to be blown up”). Possibly influenced by dialectal toot (“to…

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