Tout, n. One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of
training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in
betting. [Cant. Eng.]
Tout, v. i. [See 3d Toot. ] To toot a horn.
Tout, n. The anus. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Tout`-en`sem"ble (?), n. [F.] All together; hence, in costume, the
||fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without
||regard to the execution of the separate perts.
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Tout"er (?), n. One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public
conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for
office. [Colloq.]
The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of those
bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police.
Dickens.