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punter

pun·ter

UK/ˈpʌn.tə/ US/ˈpʰʌn.tə/ uncommon slang uk

noun

1.

someone who propels a boat with a pole

2.

(football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground

3.

someone who bets

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Origin

From punt (“a point in faro, gambling, a gamble”) + -er.

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