tick-tacker n. at a horse track, a person (often a tout) who communicates information to others by hand signals. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tick-tack n.— «The lads who fondle the ticktack clocks—when most of us are warming feathers—slip me this as the “best sprinter at Coney Island.”» —“Collyer Gives Sprinter Chance” by Bert E...
tick-tacker n.— «Perhaps the tick-tackers—sharp little blokes with white gloves who conveyed betting information with their hands from vantage points—and a few other key ingredients were missing, but the feel was similar.…Tick...
tick-tacker n.— «They were the days of meat pies and trams, of the Flat and the Leger. Tick-tackers. “You could sit on the sidelines and watch forever,” said Bert.» —“How Two Fingers Strode The Turf” by Steve...
tick-tacker n.— «Tick-tackers lasted longer. Usually wearing white gloves for better visibility, tick-tackers conveyed prices from one enclosure to another by hand signals.» —“Randwick’s last tout: nine tips but none the...