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patterers

patterers is the plural of patterer.

Meaning of patterer

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

Questions about patterers

What is patterers the plural of?
Patterers is the plural of patterer.

Words near patterers in the dictionary

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

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