Austr. slang. Also speeler. [a. G. spieler player, gambler, gamester.] A gambler; a card-sharper or professional swindler.
1886. N. Zealand Herald, 1 June, 4/7. It is stated that a fresh gang of ‘speelers’ are operating in the town.
1893. J. A. Barry, S. Brown’s Bunyip, etc. 21. You want to get away amongst the spielers and forties of the big smoke?
