spieler
/ˈspiːlə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "That a crowd of Sydney stealers, Jockeys, pugilists and spielers Brought some horses, real heelers, Came and put us through."
- "‘A spieler,’ Leah gently loosened the painful crab hold of the boy's hand. ‘[…] A trickster. A quandong. A ripperty man. A con-man.’"
- ""Bosco! He eats 'em alive! Eats 'em alive!" Brissenden exclaimed, imitating the spieler of a locally famous snake-eater."
- "Two thousand men, women and children turned out for this giant excursion and danced and drank the day away while professional spielers extolled the virtues of the new metropolis and inveigled the unwary into investment."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Spieler
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈspiːlə/
Usage
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- Slang
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Informal