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Tout   /taʊt/   Listen
noun
Tout  n.  
1.
One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. (Cant. Eng.)
2.
One who gives a tip on a race horses for an expected compensation, esp. in hopes of a share in any winnings; usually contemptuous. (Cant, U. S.)
3.
One who solicits custom, as a runner for a hotel, cab, gambling place. (Colloq.)
4.
A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like. (Colloq.)



Tout  n.  In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.



Tout  n.  The anus. (Obs.)



verb
Tout  v. t.  (Horse Racing)
(a)
To spy out information about, as a racing stable or horse. (Cant, Eng.)
(b)
To give a tip on (a race horse) to a better with the expectation of sharing in the latter's winnings. (Cant, U. S.)



Tout  v. i.  
1.
To act as a tout. See 2d Tout. (Cant. Eng.)
2.
To ply or seek for customers. (Prov. Eng.)



Tout  v. i.  (past & past part. touted; pres. part. touting)  
1.
To look narrowly; spy. (Scot. & Dial. Eng.)
2.
(Horse Racing)
(a)
To spy out the movements of race horses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes. (Cant, Eng.)
(b)
To act as a tout; to tout, or give a tip on, a race horse. (Cant, U. S.)



Tout  v. i.  To toot a horn.






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"Tout" Quotes from Famous Books



... eut l'emploi qui certes n'est pas mince, Et qu'a la cour, ou tout se peint en beau, On appelloit etre l'ami du prince; Mais qu'a la ville, et surtout en province, Les gens grossiers ont ...
— Maid Marian • Thomas Love Peacock

... nature meme qui auraient droit de vivre pour eux-memes et pas pour la foule. Je n'ose pas vous deranger, Madame, et d'ailleurs j'ai tant a faire aussi, qu'il m'est impossible de vous dire de vive voix tout le grand plaisir que vous m'avez donnee, mais parce que j'ai senti votre coeur. Veuillez, chere madame, croire au mien qui ne demande pas mieux dans cet instant que vous admirer et vous le dire tant bien que ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 • Various

... the Great Man fairly purred with satisfaction. "Une petite piece de tout droit, isn't it?" he said. "I gave you a hint of the tune. It needs a ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 • Various

... on his first responsible mission to Vienna, and found there the traditions of the Metternich diplomacy still ruling. What Napoleon had said of Metternich he no doubt remembered: "Il ment trop. Il faut mentir quelquefois, mais mentir tout le temps c'est trop!" for he adopted quite the opposite policy ...
— Germany and the Germans - From an American Point of View (1913) • Price Collier

... proving the immortality of the soul apart from revelation, undying yearnings, restless longings, instinctive desires which, unless to be eventually indulged, it were cruel to plant in us, &c. &c.). But, [Greek: meg' ophelema tout' edoreso brotois]! concludes the chorus, like a sigh from the admitted Eleusinian AEschylus was! You cannot think how this foolish circumstance struck me this evening, so I thought I would e'en tell you at once and be ...
— The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 • Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett


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