Monday, 8 July 2013
The Learning Network Blog: Word of the Day | tout
verb: advertise in strongly positive termsverb: show offnoun: someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen waynoun: one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)noun: someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profitThe word tout has appeared in 133 New York Times articles in the past year, including on June 30 in “Getting Your Feet Wet at Water Parks” by Monica Davey:For places that tout carefree fun and a love of
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