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bust-out man

noun

Definitions

  1. A cheat who surreptitiously exchanges normal dice with crooked ones such as "busters".

    • Now it is reasonable to assume that some of those winners were professional dice-hustlers and "bust-out" men, the latter term meaning one proficient in switching misspotted dice in and out of a game.
    • They started out dealing craps in my uncle's joint and I've used both of them as bust-out men in my joint and I know he got beat.
    • Many rug and carpet joints in Nevada and elsewhere have, at one time or another, been cheated out of vast sums of money by bust-out men. In 1967, a top casino on the Las Vegas Strip was taken for $350,000 in several plays by dice cheats.

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