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tipster
CIDE DICTIONARY
tipster, n. [Tip a hint + -ster.].
One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or private hints or information, esp. for use in gambling upon the probable outcome of events, as horse races. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
THESAURUS
tipster
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