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shuffler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃʌflɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈʃʌflə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From shuffle + -er.

Meanings

1. A person who shuffles.
2. A machine or algorithm that shuffles.
   • an automatic card shuffler
3. Any of the three common American scaup ducks.
4. (dated) A trickster.
   • He was abject and a shuffler in the very height of his prosperity. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 44, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
   • 'You—you're a shuffler, sir,' gasped the furious doctor, 'a poltroon—a coward—a liar—a—a—will nothing induce you to give me your card, sir!' 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

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