Cards. Obs. Now only in Fr. form tailleur. Also 8 talliere, -ieur. [Agent-n. from TALLY v.3, and from F. tailler to deal (at cards).] In rouge-et-noir and similar card-games, the name of the dealer or banker.
1709. Cotton’s Compl. Gamester, 178 (Stanf.). The Talliere is he that keeps the Bank.
1715. Lady M. W. Montagu, Basset-table, 1. The Bassette-Table spread, the Tallier come;… Rise, pensive nymph! the tallier waits for you.
1793. Faro & Rouge et Noir, Tailleur…. The dealer, either the banker or a person he has employed to deal.
1794. Sporting Mag., IV. 43. The office of the tallieur is to deal and settle the game of the punters on each side of him.
1825. Hor. Smith, Gai. & Grav., II. 243. The Inspector, the Croupier, the Tailleur.
1877. Reade, Woman Hater, ix. The tailleur dealt, and the croupier intoned.
