Meanings
plural broadsmen
- UKslangA cardsharp.
In order better to appreciate the use of argot among thieves, a visit to a few public bars of the third-class public houses of Kennington or in the immediate vicinity of the Elephant and Castle would prove of great value, as hoisters, whizzers, tea-leaves, con-heads, broadsmen and brass nobs […]
1931, The Police Journal, volume 4, page 504
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Origin
From broad + -s- + -man, from broad (“a playing card”).
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