Touter n. One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office. (Colloq.) "The prey of ring droppers,... duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police."
... so scarce and expensive were they, that, as I afterwards discovered, those hotel-keepers whose larders were so stocked would hang out a chicken upon their signposts, as a sure attraction for the richer and more reckless diggers; while the touter's cry of "Eggs and chickens here" was a very telling one. Wine and spirits were also obtainable, but were seldom taken by the Americans, who are abstemious abroad as well as ... — Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands • Mary Seacole
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