Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Touter

Touter , noun

One who seeks customers, as for an inn, a public conveyance, shops, and the like: hence, an obtrusive candidate for office. [Colloquial]
The prey of ring droppers,... duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police. — Dickens