roper

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

ropers

1.
(agent, form of)Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
2.
(dated)A ropemaker (a maker of ropes).
3.
One who ropes goods; a packer.
4.
(slang)Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”).
Đồng nghĩa: outside man
5.
A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
Đồng nghĩa: lugger, picker-up, roper-in, runner, steerer
6.
(slang)An undercover informer.
7.
(gaming) Any of a variety of monsters with tentacles that they use to capture victims.

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outside manluggerpicker-uproper-inrunner steerer

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From Middle English roper, ropere; equivalent to rope + -er.