“4. Two crowpiers (croupiers) who watch the cards and gather in the money for the bank.
“5. Two puffs, who have money given them to decoy others to play.
“6. A clerk, who is a check upon the puffs, to see that they sink none of the money given them to play with.
“7. A squib is a puff of lower rank who serves at half-pay salary while he is learning to deal.
“8. A flasher, to swear how often a bank has been stripped.
“9. A dunner, who goes about to recover money lost at play.
“10. A waiter, to fill out wine, snuff candles, and attend to the gaming rooms.
“11. An attorney, a Newgate solicitor.
“12. A captain, who is to fight any gentleman who is peevish at losing his money.
“The green-rooms of the theatres even, were the scenes of great doings in the gaming way, and Miss Bellamy tells us that thousands were frequently lost there in a night—rings, brooches, watches, professional wardrobes, and even salaries in advance, being staked and lost as well as money.