Spruiker vs Spruiked - What's the difference?
spruiker | spruiked |
(Australia) One who spruiks business, a tout.
* 1993 , Mark St Leon, The Wizard of the Wire: The Story of Con Colleano , Aboriginal Studies Press, Australia,
* 2008 , Sim Shen, Hanoi and Other Homes'', Alice Pung (editor), ''Growing Up Asian in Australia ,
* 2009 , Kate Darian-Smith, On the Home Front: Melbourne in Wartime: 1939-1945 , 2nd Edition,
(Australia) One who toots their own horn.
(spruik)
(Australia) To promote a thing or idea to another person.
* 1948 , Louis Esson, Louis Esson and the Australian Theatre ,
* 2008' December 30, ''Lennon '''spruiks laptop 28 years after his death'', '' .
* 2011 , Kylie Ofiu, Work as a spruiker'', ''365 Ways to Make Money ,
As a noun spruiker
is (australia) one who spruiks business, a tout.As a verb spruiked is
(spruik).spruiker
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(en noun)page 9,
- The spruiker then asked, “Now we want to know, will anyone have a go at the heavyweight? If anyone can stand four rounds we will give them a five-pound note and the best bottle of wine in the town”.
page 338,
- Our days were filled with new sensations – the bite of every dragon fruit, the smell of roasting meat emanating from the dog restaurants near the Red River, the endless chatter of spruikers and peddlers.
page 170,
- At the convention of the Victorian Protestant Federation G. A. Judkins alleged that attractive young girls were used as spruikers , luring Melburnians to gamble.71
Synonyms
* (one who spruiks) barker, toutSee also
* huckster * pitchmanspruiked
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(en verb)page 18,
- There was no spruiking or showmanship, no flash shirts or ten-gallon hats.
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- It can be a hard job, constantly on your feet, trying to think of things to say to lure people into the store you are spruiking for.