buscon

buscon
 n.— «“But now if you don’t sign a player on the day he tries out, the buscon will take him to another team,” Norman said. “And now, some buscones are going to agents instead.”» —“Red Sox Are Digging Deeply Into One Of The Richest Troves Of Talent Anywhere” by Gordon Edes in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic Boston Globe Mar. 27, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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