Sentence:  <small>BOSS TWEED</small> — No one important, necessarily. Average men will do. Back alley <WSD>amusers</WSD> with no affiliations. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  One of a class of rogues who carry snuff or dust in their pockets, which they throw into the eyes of people so as to enable their accomplices to rob them while pretending to help them.