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croupier

/kroo-pee-er, -pee-ey; French kroo-pyey/US // ˈkru pi ər, -piˌeɪ; French kruˈpyeɪ //UK // (ˈkruːpɪə, French krupje) //

赌徒,赌台,赌客,赌桌

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural crou·pi·ers [kroo-pee-erz, -pee-eyz; French kroo-pyey]. /ˈkru pi ərz, -piˌeɪz; French kruˈpyeɪ/.

    • : an attendant in a gambling casino who rakes in money or chips and pays winners at a gaming table.
    • : an assistant chairperson at a public dinner.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhoarse
Forms: croupiers

Examples

  • Hardly a reassuring forecast coming from a former casino croupier and Ponzi scheme salesman.

  • Then the croupier tears open two packets of new cards, flinging the old ones into a waste-paper basket at his side.

  • The croupier announces, intoning as does a high-church curate, "There is seven hundred and forty pounds in the bank, gentlemen."

  • The croupier pushes the seven hundred and forty pounds of the unlucky player a foot nearer to the bank.

  • “Ajugé à quarante louis,” cried the croupier, no one bidding higher.

  • The next instant, he has raked the butt of your discarded cigarette from beneath your feet with the dexterity of a- 31 - croupier.