In the evening, we had the same bank at faro, with the same result as the first time, except a violent blow from the stick of one of the punters upon the back of the banker, of which the Greek stoically feigned to take no notice.
Her punterswere exceptionally good and her ends fast.
Who is the skinny chap that was in charge of the punters Friday?
Three squads took the gridiron for signal drill and the punters got busy.
Fred Crolius says of him: "Of all the long distance punters with hard kicks to handle, Percy Haughton and Christy Mathewson stand out in his memory.
Percy, who played tackle on a winning Crimson eleven, and Sam Felton will be well remembered as the fastest punters of their day.
Another man whom I consider one of the greatest punters of the past is Bull of Yale.
When Medini thought a sufficient number of punters were present he sat down at a large table, placed five or six hundred crowns in gold and notes before him, and began to deal.
The repast was a magnificent one, but when Medini sat down at the end of a long table behind a heap of gold and a pack of cards, no punters came forward.
The first are not much use to a man without the second; but, in spite of all temptations, Bill has always declined to number among his punters the mother of the child he stole.
He has got a string of ponies and punters together.
The Bank has already won considerably, and would probably have done still better if money was not very scarce, as most of the punters retain their passion without the means of gratifying it.
The punters are, Charles, par interet, Fish Craufurd, par complaisance, and the D.
Hare opened the Pharo Bank in the great room, but had so few and such poor punters that Charles and Richard was (were) obliged to sit down from time to time as decoy ducks.
The punters were Lord Carmarthen, Lord Essex, and one of the Fauquiers; and Denbigh sat at the table, with what hopes I know not, for he did not punt.
There are precious few punters on the Stock Exchange who pick up fifty thousand pounds and walk off with it at a single coup.
And, also, there are very few punters on the Stock Exchange who would run the risk of getting penal servitude for life for doing it.
I have three hundred sequins myself, but that is not enough because the punters play high.
Madame fainted away, the punters hurried out, and I followed their example, as soon as I had secured one-half of the gold which was on the table.
Then he deals two to a chappie on his right, and all the punters on the right, back that sportsman.
The punters had been winning all night, and did not like to desert their luck.
Machell, from the exigencies of his profession, was unquestionably the ruin of numerous aspiringpunters whose interests clashed with his own.
To refuse the colonel-in-chief of the Carabineers would, of course, have been impossible, and as the old warrior retired to his couch the punters left the club.
Further pressure was now applied, and under pain of expulsion members were ordered to quit the card room at the prescribed hour; but even this did not meet the case, and the puntersascended en bloc to the largest bedroom above.
For this reason, or in case of accidentally breaking a pole, punters should always carry an extra one in the punt.
The seat is arranged about 3 to 4 feet from the deck, allowing just room for the punters to stand.
In the wash of a steamer punters should keep away from the bank, or the punt may be swept on to it, when it will probably ship water.
Punters must never interfere with each other's stroke, and never seem to be waiting.
But wherever the punters may stand, the most important point is to keep time--perfect time.
To do this the punter may stand in various ways, but I consider the best is for both punters to stand in the stern, almost back to back, one a little in advance of the other, to set the stroke.
The freedom from coarseness or vulgarity in these amateur punters of the Tarn is indeed quite remarkable.
It must be borne in mind that the return journey occupies the punters three or four times the duration of the journey downstream.
The first care of our young punters was to cut willow-branches, and spread at the bottom of the boat in order to keep our feet dry.
If it is more than equal to the amount in the bank, the punters nearest in order to the banker have the preference up to such amount, the banker having the right to decline any stake in excess of that limit.
If two punters are equal in this respect, the player first in rotation has the preference.
In like manner, should the dealer's cards make exactly twenty-one points, each of the punters pays double the amount of his stake.
Should the stakes of the punters exceed the amount for the time being in the bank, the banker is not responsible for the amount of such excess.
The punters look at their cards, and each places on, or beside his card, the coin (or counters representing coin) he proposes to stake.
The five punters on the right (and any bystanders staking with them) win or lose by the cards dealt to that side; the five others by the cards dealt to the left side.
In the event of his losing, the croupier pays the puntersin order of rotation, so far as the funds in the bank will extend; beyond this, they have no claim.
After the stakes have been made the dealer deals a card to his right for the punters, then one to himself, then a third to his left for the punters and, finally, another to himself, all face downwards.
The banker places before him the sum he wishes to stake and the punters do likewise, unless a punter desires to go bank, signifying his intention by saying, Banco!
The Fasse, that is, the first card turned up by the talliere, by which he gained half the value of the money laid upon every card of THAT SORT by the punters or players.
So much should be demanded of Pharisaic punters with a penchant for scurrilous scribbling.
The pigeons are all flown, and thepunters are nothing better than hawks.
There have not been above eight punters at Mrs STURT’S bank any night this season.
The dealer first takes six packs of cards, shuffles them, and distributes them in various parcels to the various punters or players round the table, to shuffle and mix.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "punters" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
