bunko-steerer

Spennie, he had told himself, was precisely the sort of youth to whom the professional bunko-steerer would attach himself with shouts of joy.

The Gem Collector 1928

I'll talk to you, John Cardigan; and I'll tell you things, too, you scandalous bunko-steerer.

The Valley of the Giants 1918

If this is the kind of business you have selected for a career, it will not be long before you will be in demand as a bunko-steerer.

Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 1878