lugger vs roper

lugger

noun
  • A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in. 

  • That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses. 

  • One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects. 

  • A conman. 

  • A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. 

  • An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon. 

roper

noun
  • A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in. 

  • One who ropes goods; a packer. 

  • Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”) 

  • An undercover informer. 

  • Any of a variety of monsters with tentacles that they use to capture victims. 

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