spruik

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spruik [ˈspruːɪk]

(intr) Austral archaic slang to speak in public (used esp of a showman or salesman)

[of unknown origin]

spruiker n

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No references found			According to reports, Britney, who will be in Australia in November as part of her world tour, is seen as only worth about 60,000 dollars to spruik products. Paris Hilton more valuable than Britney for potential advertisers by Asian News International For a long time, if Rio's chief technologist called the federal government's chief scientist to spruik "clean-coal" technology, he would have been talking to himself Quarry vision: coal, climate change and the end of the resources boom by Pearse, Guy / Quarterly Essay No, when the Howard government and its business backers spruik the virtues of 'individualised' employment relations, they mean the exclusion of 'third parties', such as trade unions and independent tribunals, that have historically played a key role in setting the rights and obligations attached to many work relationships. Anthony O'Donnell on Brave New Workplace by O'Donnell, Anthony / Arena Magazine			sprocket sprocket wheel Sprod sprog Sprong sprout sprouted sprouting sprouts spruce spruce bark beetle spruce beer spruce budworm spruce gall aphid spruce grouse Spruce leather Spruce partridge spruce pine spruce squirrel spruce up spruced up sprucely spruceness sprue Sprug spruik spruit sprung sprung rhythm Sprunt Spruntly spry spt spt. SPUC spud Spud Island spud-bashing spuddle spue spuggy Spuilzie Spuke Spuller spulzie spume Spumeous Spumescence spumescent Spumid Spumiferous			sprucing sprucing Sprudel Sprudel sprue sprue sprue sprue base sprue base sprue base sprue base sprue base sprue bushing sprue former sprue former sprue former sprue gate sprue pin sprue pin sprue pin sprue pin sprue puller sprue syndrome Sprue, tropical Sprue, tropical Sprue, tropical sprues sprues sprues Sprug spruik spruiked Spruiker Spruiker Spruiker Spruiker spruikers spruiking spruiks spruit spruits sprung sprung sprung sprung sprung sprung a leak sprung a leak sprung a leak sprung a leak sprung axle Sprung floor Sprung floor sprung for sprung for sprung for sprung for sprung from sprung from sprung from sprung from

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