turfite

English

Etymology

From turf +‎ -ite.

Noun

turfite (plural turfites)

1. (colloquial, dated) A horse racing enthusiast.
2. (colloquial, dated) A blackleg, or notorious gambler.
   • 1875, Anne Thackeray, Miss Angel, and Fulham Lawn:

     such turfites and men about town

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “turfite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• tuftier