dicker
n.— «The vehicle being used by the “dicker,” as they call them, had 12 PIRA traces to it and it wasn’t disputed that the exercise to spy on me was linked to the IRA.» —“Ex cops told to arm themselves” by Alan Murray Belfast Telegraph (Ireland) Mar. 27, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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