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Shuffler

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shuf·fle  (shfl)
v. shuf·fled, shuf·fling, shuf·fles
v.tr.
1. To slide (the feet) along the floor or ground while walking.
2. To move (something) from one place to another; transfer or shift.
3. To put aside or under cover quickly; shunt: shuffled the bill under a pile of junk mail.
4. To mix together; jumble.
5. To mix together (playing cards or tiles, for example) so as to make a random order of arrangement.
v.intr.
1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet: The crowd shuffled out of the theater.
2. To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.
3. To move about from place to place; shift: shuffled around looking for work.
4. To act in a shifty or deceitful manner; equivocate.
5. Games To mix playing cards, tiles, or dominoes together so as to make their order random.
n.
1. A short sliding step or movement, or a walk characterized by such steps.
2. A dance in which the feet slide along or move close to the floor.
3. An evasive or deceitful action; an equivocation.
4. A confused mixture; a jumble.
5. Games
a. An act of shuffling cards, dominoes, or tiles.
b. A player's right or turn to do this.
Phrasal Verb:
shuffle off
1. To get rid of; dispose of.
2. To evade or shirk (a responsibility, for example).
3. Informal To leave; depart.

[Middle English shovelen, probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin.]

shuffler n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shuffler - the card player who shuffles the cards
card player - someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games
2.shuffler - someone who walks without raising the feet
pedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot


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Then you see clearly I am nothing but a poor creature, - a shuffler, as you said.
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
Gentlemen of the green-baize road who could discourse from personal experience of foreign galleys and home treadmills; spies of strong governments that eternally quake with weakness and miserable fear, broken traitors, cowards, bullies, gamesters, shufflers, swindlers, and false witnesses; some not unmarked by the branding-iron beneath their dirty braid; all with more cruelty in them than was in Nero, and more crime than is in Newgate.
 
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