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Definition of Spruiker
1. Noun. (Australia) One who promotes his own cause; one who toots their own horn. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A tout, a person standing outside a place of business trying to persuade patrons to enter, or vigorously trying to persuade customers to purchase their wares (e.g. a fruiterer calling out the price of bananas). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spruiker
1. one who harangues the public [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spruiker
Literary usage of Spruiker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Awards, Agreements, Orders, and Decisions Made Under the Industrial by New Zealand Dept. of Labour, New Zealand Industrial Commission (1842)
"... clause 22, be also employed as a spruiker or commissionaire, whose duties as
such would not include the performance of any caretaker's work. ..."
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