croupier
赌徒,赌台,赌客,赌桌
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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.
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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.