numbers runner
Example Sentences
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In his book “I Came As a Shadow,” Big John Thompson mentions a numbers runner named Simpson.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2021
There may have been a numbers runner named Simpson.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2021
After losing their apartment, Mr. Santiago’s mother, Dolores Guzman, and his father, a numbers runner, moved the family to Avenue D, “a war zone in those days,” Mr. Santiago said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2018
Her father was a door-to-door salesman and quite possibly a numbers runner, Professor Klotman’s daughter said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2015
And yet, I thought, watching a numbers runner paying off a bet, this is one place that the Brotherhood definitely penetrated.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
