punter

punter
n
British
a.
a gambler, speculator. Coming from the terminology of card games, 'punt' was transferred to the context of horseracing, then to betting in general in the 19th century. In the late 1980s it was used e.g. of small investors or share purchasers. The term enjoys continuing popularity.
b.
a customer or client. The sense of punter as a gambler was extended to refer to anyone paying money for a service or item. First specifically applied to prostitutes and street-trader's customers, punter became a key word in the market-oriented 1980s.
See also Billy (Bunter)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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