Originally published 1905-08-05
(I don’t 100% get this one tbh)
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Interesting use of the word ‘tout’, I see it used as a verb but not how Ev used it
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Looks like there’s a generic sense of “Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.”, but even more relevant here it can mean “A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.”
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Looks like that horse racing use was also interestingly closer to the original use of the word. Fun that it was a thieves’ cant as well.
