Spruiker
Pronunciation
- Australian IPA: ˈsprʉËkÉ™
Full definition of spruiker
Noun
spruiker
(plural spruikers)- (Australia) One who spruiks business, a tout.
- 1993, Mark St Leon, The Wizard of the Wire: The Story of Con Colleano, Aboriginal Studies Press, Australia, %22spruikers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=BOeWdy4pV1&sig=sMGnSUzd126RyW201UsKltnj1mo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dKJhUOfyMYaTiAediIGIAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22spruiker%22|%22spruikers%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 9,The spruiker then asked, “Now we want to know, will anyone have a go at the heavyweight? If anyone can stand four rounds we will give them a five-pound note and the best bottle of wine in the townâ€.
- 2008, Sim Shen, Hanoi and Other Homes, Alice Pung (editor), Growing Up Asian in Australia, %22spruikers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=3a7euGFySb&sig=iUo35Ogcwx33eB9vcy4b2BKrmgs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dKJhUOfyMYaTiAediIGIAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22spruiker%22|%22spruikers%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 338,Our days were filled with new sensations – the bite of every dragon fruit, the smell of roasting meat emanating from the dog restaurants near the Red River, the endless chatter of spruikers and peddlers.
- 2009, Kate Darian-Smith, On the Home Front: Melbourne in Wartime: 1939-1945, 2nd Edition, %22spruikers%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=6in7C89rog&sig=opzys0Tnz1NUEygmVyKxwQQ30XE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dKJhUOfyMYaTiAediIGIAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22spruiker%22|%22spruikers%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 170,At the convention of the Victorian Protestant Federation G. A. Judkins alleged that attractive young girls were used as spruikers, luring Melburnians to gamble.71
- (Australia) One who toots their own horn.