Railbird

[Angelle]

I am be slow...

But last night I finally found out what your name meant

 

[jjgold]

I do not know how Rail got his name??

 

[GreenDoberman]

its a poker term right?

 

[Dante]

its not one of those birds that hangs around the railroads??

 

[Fishhead]

A "railbird" is a poker spectator...plain and simple.

 

[G.MONEY]

A RAILBIRD IS ALSO A PERSON WHO HANGS AROUND THE RAIL AT THE RACE TRACK....DOWN NEXT TO THE TRACK...........G.

 

[Dante]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by G. MONEY:
A RAILBIRD IS ALSO A PERSON WHO HANGS AROUND THE RAIL AT THE RACE TRACK....DOWN NEXT TO THE TRACK...........G.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


that is more like it

 

[Angelle]

Well the show I watched said it had to do with people stealing chips from others at a craps table..

they take chips off the rail of the craps table

 

[betmonkey]

Anybody see any of this stuff happening while we were at Vegas? I had seen numerous shows about people getting ripped-off whil eplaying slots and craps...etc...so I was a little paranoid....lol

 

[Railbird]

mlb scouts are called railbirds or birddogs, also surf trains by hanging on to train outside on the rail and then jump into the river.

 

[HABSMAN]

I thought it was a pro snooker player...

 

[Angelle]

well damn

no one knows

 

[wilheim]

Main Entry: rail·bird
Pronunciation: 'rA(&)l-"b&rd
Function: noun
Date: 1892
: a racing enthusiast who sits on or near the track rail to watch a race or workout

 

[max1234]

I vote for the def. of someone that steals chips at the dice table.... fits his personality better.

 

[dimeplayersonly]

Max............"steals chips from the dice table"


actually i can see him trying to steal the dice from the little bowl in front of the stickman........