outside man
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster.
Example Sentences
- "Wilson and Haines concerned in actually obtaining the money, Flynn outside man […]"
- "When he is shown that he can steal something from the outside man with whom he has already had contact he will say, "I don't feel that we should swindle him; he appears to be a nice chap.""
- "For example, one person may have a specialty in cooling off the mark, while another is able to lure in the mark with ease; these people may be referred to as the “roper” or the “outside man”."