cinquanter n.1
a gambler.
Saffron Walden 7: Some tall old cinquanter or stigmatical-bearded Master of Arts. | ||
Defence Bishop Ely ii x 410: He would coniure you into a boote, or into a bench-hole for your labour, like a sawcy Sinckanter [OED]. | ||
Works IX 115: One Volanerius an old sinkanter, or gamester and scurrilous companion by profession [OED]. | Creed x xix