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used late 19c. of brokers who sold unused portions of railway tickets.</p> <p>Railways charged less per mile for longer-distance tickets; a person traveling from New York to Chicago could buy a ticket to San Francisco, get off at Chicago and sell the ticket to a scalper, and have traveled more cheaply than if he had simply bought a ticket to Chicago. The Chicago scalper would hold the ticket till he found someone looking for a ticket to San Francisco, then sell it at a slight advance but for less than the official price.</p> <p>Perhaps it is from <a href="/word/scalp#etymonline_v_46483" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of scalp " class="crossreference notranslate">scalp</a> (v.) in some sense; <span class="foreign notranslate">scalper</span> was a generic term for "con man, cheater" in late 19c. Or perhaps the connecting sense is the bounty offered for scalps of certain destructive animals (attested in New England from 1703) and the notion is "one who holds only part of something, but still gets a reward." Some, though, see a connection rather to <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">scalpel</span></strong>, the surgical instrument.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1650s">1650s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to scalper">Entries linking to <i>scalper</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of scalp" href="/word/scalp#etymonline_v_46483">scalp<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1670s, "to deprive of the scalp, cut off (someone's) scalp," from <a href="/word/scalp#etymonline_v_22831" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of scalp " class="crossreference notranslate">scalp</a> (n.), originally in reference to North American natives. For ticket re-selling sense, see <a href="/word/scalper" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of scalper " class="crossreference notranslate">scalper</a>. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Scalped</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">scalping</span>. Compare German <span class="foreign notranslate">skalpern</span>, Danish <span class="foreign notranslate">skalpere</span>, Swedish <span class="foreign notranslate">skalpera</span>. French <span class="foreign notranslate">scalper</span> is from Germanic. 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caress, fondle; prostrate, throw, fling (to the ground)" (13c.), probably from a Germanic source, perhaps from</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of exploit" href="/word/exploit"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">exploit<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "outcome of an action," from Old French esploit "a carrying out; achievement, result; gain, advantage" (12c., Modern French exploit), a very common word, used in senses of "action, deed, profit, achievement," from Latin explicitum "a thing settled, ended, or displayed,</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div class="share-tool socialShare--223YS"><h3 title="Share scalper to social networks" class="socialShare__title--34iP2">Share <i>scalper</i></h3><div class="cite--1qJ-_ share-cite">‘<!-- -->cite<!-- -->’</div><a title="Share on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fscalper" data-social-target="Facebook" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__facebook--2fm3U fa-facebook"></a><a title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fscalper&text=scalper%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20scalper%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Twitter" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__twitter--1iFxf fa-twitter"></a><a title="Share on Reddit" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fscalper&title=scalper%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20scalper%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Reddit" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__reddit--30bBu fa-reddit"></a><a title="Share on Email" href="mailto:?subject=scalper%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20scalper%20by%20etymonline&body=%22one%20who%20takes%20or%20removes%20scalps%2C%22%20agent%20noun%20from%20scalp%20(v.).%20The%20meaning%20%22person%20who%E2%80%A6%20See%20origin%20and%20meaning%20of%20scalper.%0Afrom%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fscalper%20Find%20out%20more%20at%20etymonline.com" data-social-target="Email" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__email--3hVBm fa-email"></a><div class="cite__content--3ghsO cite-content"><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">Page URL:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">https://www.etymonline.com/word/scalper</textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">HTML Link:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly=""><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/scalper">Etymology of scalper by etymonline</a></textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">APA style:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">Harper, D. 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