These gentlemen use the methods and the tricks of the auctioneerthe blandishments of the bookmakerthe sleek, smooth ways of the professional spieler.

No more shall we muster the river for fats, Or spiel on the Fifteen-mile plain, Or rip through the scrub by the light of the moon, Or see the old stockyard again.

If they saddles a big-boned angel, With a turn of speed, of course, As can spiel like a four-year brumbie, And prop like an old camp horse, And puts Bill up with a snaffle, A four or five inch spur, And eighteen foot of greenhide To chop the blinded fur— He’ll yard them blamed Angoras In a way that it’s safe to swear Will make them tony seraphs Sit back on their thrones and stare.

Until then he had been feeling his way along "spieling," as he calls itkeeping his man interested while he made all ready for the next trick.

Oh, she gave me a spiel one day about living up to the men I come from.

So go ahead and spiel.

I had to show myself in front of the curtain and give them a spiel about a sudden indisposition.

Doch wogt in ihrem Blicke Ich glaube, die Wellen verschlingen Nur blauer Wellen Spiel, Am Ende Schiffer und Kahn; Drum scheu die Wassertücke, Und das hat mit ihrem Singen Denn Flut bleibt falsch und kühl!

Did you spiel it out?

Finally Spider spat and said, "G'wan, Buzz, give us your spiel about how you saved young Hattonthe simp!"

(Riverside bookshelf) © on illus.; 11Oct23, A760980. R69691, 9Nov50, Houghton Mifflin Co. (PWH) DIE HEILIGE ENTE, ein Spiel mit Göttern und Mensche von K. M. Levetzow und Leo Feld, Musik von Hans Gal.

(Riverside bookshelf) © on illus.; 11Oct23, A760980. R69691, 9Nov50, Houghton Mifflin Co. (PWH) DIE HEILIGE ENTE, ein Spiel mit Göttern und Mensche von K. M. Levetzow und Leo Feld, Musik von Hans Gal.

She learned to "spiel."

You spiel by holding hands with your partner at arms' length, and whirling round and round at the highest possible speed.

The effect of the spiel is a species of drunkenness which creates an instant demand for liquor, and a temporary recklessness of the possible results of strong drink.

An indispensable feature of the dancing academy is the "spieler."

The business of the spieler is to look after the wall-flowers.

The spieler is not uncommonly a worthless fellow; sometimes he is a sinister creature, who lives on the earnings of unfortunate girls.

Standing just outside, the angry lover watched the girl "spiel" round and round with a man of doubtful respectability.

" "That ain't his style, Shorty; he won't spiel anything to the cops about this row.