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Jimmyp
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A punter is like a customer...its often used by prostitutes as names for their clients..hence punters :D
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Usually it means somebody who gambles.
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Someone who makes a bet, or takes a chance, also a customer :-)
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The original meaning was a somebody who made bets, the customer of a bookmaker. Recently it has widened to a more generalised meaning of a customer, but with a definitely negative connotation: a loser, someone who one is taking advantage of. Perhaps half way between "customer" and "sucker". Particularly used of the customers of prostitutes - perhaps to allow the girls to build up their self esteem in what is otherwise a pretty humiliating trade.
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