Punters

The reason why these matchmaking services are a draw to punters is because the way online dating works makes it very difficult to determine who might be compatible – so any filtering service is better than none. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Speaking of position liquidation, short-term punters got it in both directions yesterday in currency-land, as EUR / USD inexplicably went uber-bid in the middle of the afternoon, prompting much sturm und drang over a trend breakout .... only to inexplicably go uber-offered a few minutes later, closing at the bottom of the recent ❋ Unknown (2008)

Your corporate law firm that you work in can shoot higher than unsophisticated "punters" -- just as the house painters (who also did commercial work for contractors who knew what to look for in a good client) could get way better clients than me. ❋ JD Hull (2010)

We get to meet lots of the punters, which is brilliant. ❋ Thatsnews (2008)

Now, as John mentioned in his session, this act has nothing to do with specific selection, it's just that some of the punters will be able to clean up/process/run with the stuff that was presented to us. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Anglo Irish Bank debt holders - namely the punters who, instead of walking into the nearest branch of the bank's subordinated debt - are in for a severe headshave. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Above the Scottish soil, European "punters" kicked the isle's oddsmakers between their blinkers. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The bar has been packed with over two hundred "punters" paying a pound a head to listen to big band arrangements by Stan Kenton, Neal Hefti, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Johnnie Dankworth. ❋ Sting (2003)

The customers Nigel called them 'punters' mostly treated him as if he didn't exist. ❋ Rendell, Ruth (2000)

And a poster campaign launched to coincide with International Women's Day will warn potential "punters" of new criminal fines of up to £1,000 for having sex with a woman forced into prostitution against her will. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Naturally, the "long-term tests" that come from these "punters" consist almost entirely of complaints about dealer service levels, occasionally interrupted by a breathless description of a lead-follow car-club trackday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nominations for next week should be sent via email to britblog [at] gmail [dot] com. new law against 'punters' who have sex with trafficked prostitutes brought strong criticism of Jackie Smith's proposals from two of the British Blogosphere's finest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For the first time ministers have the "punters" in their sights. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It invites men to describe their experience and whether they would recommend a prostitute to other 'punters'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"punters" at the local casino, whose habits he knows all too well: the world rarely surprises him. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Part of the problem is that Bangladesh is the afterthought of the international cricket calendar: It's not glamorous, it's not likely to get punters thronging the turnstiles, and it plays its home games in a place many teams aren't particularly enthusiastic to tour. ❋ Richard Lord (2011)