toucher

Etymology

From Middle English toucher, equivalent to touch + -er. Sense 3 is derived from the sense of touching someone for money.

noun

  1. One who touches.“We just twist up Chancery-lane, and cut along Holborn, and there we are in four minutes time, as near as a toucher.”
  2. A ball lying in contact with the jack.
  3. A toucha; one who tries to get something out of others for nothing in return.