juggler n.
1. a fornicator, a womanizer [juggle v. (1)].
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Henry IV Pt 2 II iv: Away, you bottle-ale rascal! you basket-hilt stale juggler, you! | |
| Wild-Goose-Chase III i: I hate him, And would be marryed sooner to a Monkey, Or to a Jack of Straw, than such a Juggler. |
2. (prizefighting) a throw that takes down an opponent.
| Pierce Egan’s Life in London 12 June 157/2: Smith hit with his right-hand, but missed, when the bear sent him down with a juggler. |
3. someone who keeps many relationships going at the same time.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Go, Man, Go! 83: Now I know why you didn’t want to tell Beano the truth [...] Same reason you don’t wanna be honest with me. You’re a juggler. You keep lots of balls in the air. That way you can reach out and grab what’s ever. |
4. in drug uses [juggle v. (4)].
(a) (drugs) an addict who sells drugs to help finance their own addiction.
| Heroin in Perspective (1972) 107: A juggler is considered to be doing well if he has enough money left over after a transaction for cab fare to where he buys the heroin. One informant defined a juggler as a ‘nonhustling dope fiend who is always messing the money up’. |
(b) a street dealer, orig. of marijuana, latterly of crack cocaine.
| (con. 1981) East of Acre Lane 139: He wet up dat Chinese Jamaican juggler, Clinton Wong. | |
| ONDCP Street Terms 13: Juggler — Teen-aged street dealer. |
5. (US Und.) an expert at fraudulent manipulation of accounts [14C SE juggler, one who deceives by trickery; a trickster].
| After Hours 105: Saso [...] is a juggler and a halfhandy. |