scalper
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scalper
- /ˈskælpɚ/
Where it comes from
From scalp + -er.
noun scalpers
- One who scalps, or removes the scalp of another. Denouncing representations of hostile Indians as vicious scalpers of innocent settlers […]
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One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.
We could see three different scalpers moving through the crowd outside the arena, each muttering the characteristic refrain: “Need any tickets?”
Similar: ticket tout
- One who scalps any other item with limited availability.
- A gambler who scalps. The only sure thing about scalping the Series today is that the scalper is paying the bookie a greater profit because he is making a greater number of bets.
- A person on an open outcry exchange trading floor who buys and sells rapidly for his or her own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
- A machine for removing the ends of grain, such as wheat or rye, or for separating the different grades of broken wheat, semolina, etc.
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A surgical instrument for scraping carious bones.
Similar: scalping-iron
Translations
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noun one who sells tickets unofficially
| Español | revendedor, revendedora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 암표상 ampyosang |
| 日本語 | ダフ屋 dafu-ya |
| 中文 | 黄牛 huángniú, 票販子 /票贩子 piàofànzi |
| Português | cambista |
| Français | vendeur à la sauvette |
| Deutsch | Kartenschwarzhändler |
| Italiano | bagarino |
| Română | bișnițar, bișnițară |
| Русский | спекуля́нт театра́льными биле́тами spekuljánt teatrálʹnymi bilétami, спекуля́нт spekuljánt |
noun one who resells items at inflated prices
| Español | revendón |
|---|
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title = {scalper},
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