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patterer

patterer noun: someone who patters, or talks glibly.

Noun

patterer (plural patterers)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) Someone who patters, or talks glibly.
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang) A street peddler.
    • The running patterer cares less than other street-sellers for bad weather, for if he "work" on a wet and gloomy evening, and if the work be "a cock," which is a fictitious statement or even a pretended fictitious statement, there is the less chance of any one detecting the ruse.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor

Forms of patterer

pluralpatterers

Origin of patterer

From patter + -er.

Questions about patterer

What does patterer mean?
Patterer means someone who patters, or talks glibly.
What part of speech is patterer?
Patterer is a noun.
What is the plural of patterer?
The plural of patterer is patterers.

Words near patterer in the dictionary

  1. patterans
  2. Patterdale
  3. Patterdales
  4. pattered
  5. pattered flash
  6. patterer
  7. patterers
  8. patterest
  9. pattereth
  10. pattering
  11. pattering flash

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