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Definition of Riskers

1. risker [n] - See also: risker

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Riskers

risible risibles risibly rising risings rising prices rising slope rising tide rising trot risk

risk risk-free risk-taking risked risker riskers (current term) riskful riskier riskiest riskily

riskiness riskinesses risking riskless risklessness risks risky risky venture risk arbitrage risk assessment

Literary usage of Riskers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paul's Joy in Christ: Studies in Philippians by A. T. Robertson (1917)
"Charles Kingsley pictures these "riskers" for the souls of men in Hypatia. Epaphroditus did this to fill ups what was lacking* in the service4 of the Phi- ..."

2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"I 'm riskiest of riskers, But, blow my grizzled whiskers!' I cried, 'May jackals gnaw my bones if now Munchausen fails!' ''By night the lions roared at us. ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... therefore, wisely cast about And hither came, t' observe and smoke And to the utmost do his best What courses other riskers took, To match this saint ..."

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