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5. (Britain, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.

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Keanrick: Haa-ha, I fear, that is quite impossible. We are in the middle of rehearsing for our new play; we cannot possibly betray our beloved audience by taking time off.

Mossop: Oh no, mustn't upset the punters. Bums on seats, laddie, bums on seats.

BBC. Blackadder, season 3: Sense and Senility

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[Snowy the crocodile] is special and he's got a personality to match. They say he can be a right handful. but that doesn't stop the punters from swimming with him.

Litton Entertainment (TV). Outback Adventures with Tim Faulkner (2014)

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What red-blooded punter could have been expected to ignore a combination of omens so obviously proceeding from heaven?

P. G. Wodehouse. The Girl in Blue, p.64 (1971)