bust-out man

bust-out man (plural bust-out men)

1. (gambling, slang) A cheat who surreptitiously exchanges normal dice with crooked ones such as "busters".
   • 1956, Clyde Brion Davis, Something for Nothing, page 88:

     Now it is reasonable to assume that some of those winners were professional dice-hustlers and "bust-out" men, the latter term meaning one proficient in switching misspotted dice in and out of a game.

   • 1969, Bruce Jackson, A Thief's Primer, page 165:

     They started out dealing craps in my uncle's joint and I've used both of them as bust-out men in my joint and I know he got beat.

   • 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's Guide to Casino Gambling, page 173:

     Many rug and carpet joints in Nevada and elsewhere have, at one time or another, been cheated out of vast sums of money by bust-out men. In 1967, a top casino on the Las Vegas Strip was taken for $350,000 in several plays by dice cheats.