perisher

noun3

1. •
   (rare) One who perishes.

   • They died to decree that government of and by and for the PEOPLE (identity undefined) should never perish. The poor perishers, perishing still. — 1976
2. •
   (UK, informal) An annoying child, a brat.

   • Get off my lawn, you little perisher!
3. •
   (UK, no longer used) An extreme act; a case of going all in.

   • He went in a perisher last night, laying aginst Sir Tatton Sykes for the Derby with a half-a-dozen thousand pound notes in his hands, all of which he will lose. — 1890