bubbler n.1
a swindler.
in Anecdotes of Manners and Customs (1808) 70: The hurry of our Stock-jobbing bubblers, especially, has been so great this week [...] there has been nothing but running about from one Coffee-house to another. | ||
In Praise of Knavery III Preface: I wish I could say all Bublers, Projectors and Scheme Makers were not Knaves. | ||
Conquerors 9: Bubblers and bubbled meanly / Take their stand. | ||
🌐 [Bitcoin’s] retinue has accommodated an incredible rogues’ gallery. There have been old-fashioned cony-catchers, saltimbancos and bubblers who did a runner with other people’s money in the time-honoured manner. | Observer 6 Jan.