metallician
(mɛtəˈlɪʃən)
[f. metallic: see -ician.]
1. Racing slang. A bookmaker (see quot. 1874).
| 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict., Metallician, a racing bookmaker. Bookmakers use metallic books and pencils. 1887 Daily Tel. 12 Mar. 5/2 In Australia the bookmaker has to pay dearly... As for the long-suffering Australian public, they are mulcted..as heavily as the much-taxed metallician. |
2. A stone-breaker. ? nonce-use.
| 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 55 ‘This entertainment, which is given by me’, continued the metallician. |