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Polish: konik

English translation: ticket tout/scalper







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Polish term or phrase:konik
English translation:ticket tout/scalper
Entered by:*eva*
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Polish to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Polish term or phrase: konik
konik- taki co sprzedaje bilety etc jak juz w kasie nie ma
Eva Dabrowska
United Kingdom
Clarification request(s) and response
Eva Dabrowska: 2:16pm Nov 1, 2005: dziekuje. I should have known.
*eva*: 2:17pm Nov 1, 2005: nothing wrong in not knowing such individuals ;) -
Eva Dabrowska: 2:25pm Nov 1, 2005: the thing is I know this word and meet these individuals every day outside tube stations trying to resell tickets. Somehow I did not thought of them as 'koniki'. Thanks again

ticket tout
Explanation:
n] (British) someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-11-01 14:13:02 GMT)
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albo:

scalper

[n] someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper"
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*eva*
United Kingdom
Note from asker to answerer
dziekuje
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9ticket tout
*eva*
5scalperlegawa
4 +1toutmakawa
3dodge dealer
Alexander Onishko


  

Answers

2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
ticket tout

Explanation:
n] (British) someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-11-01 14:13:02 GMT)
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albo:

scalper

[n] someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper"

*eva*
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 32
Note from asker to answerer
dziekuje

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree maciejm
16 mins

agree Alexander Onishko: w/ scalper
33 mins

agree Ewa Szymanowska
47 mins

agree Jussi Rosti
48 mins

agree TranslateThis: scalper (US)
58 mins

agree Malgorzata Kazmierczak
1 hr

agree Magczer
1 hr

agree leff
3 hrs

agree petrolhead
4 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tout

Explanation:
someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

makawa
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree petrolhead
4 hrs
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dodge dealer

Explanation:
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Alexander Onishko
Ukraine
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
scalper

Explanation:
In the U.S.

legawa
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
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