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pawtener

pawtener noun: a bag or pouch; purse, scrip.

Noun

pawtener (plural pawteners)

  1. (obsolete) A bag or pouch; purse, scrip.
    • This fonde frantyke fouconer,
      Wyth his polutyd pawtenarc. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 43–44
    • He had a pautner with purſes manyfolde,
      And ſurely lined with ſiluer and with golde,
      Within his wallet were meates good and fine,
      Both ſtore and plentie had he of ale and wine, […]c. 1518, Alexander Barclay, The fourth Egloge of Alexander Barclay, entitled Codrus and Minalcas, treating of the behauour of Riche men agaynſt Poetes

Forms of pawtener

pluralpawteners

Origin of pawtener

From Middle English pautener.

Questions about pawtener

What does pawtener mean?
Pawtener means a bag or pouch; purse, scrip.
What part of speech is pawtener?
Pawtener is a noun.
What is the plural of pawtener?
The plural of pawtener is pawteners.

Words near pawtener in the dictionary

  1. pawsome
  2. Pawson
  3. pawstep
  4. pawsteps
  5. Pawtella
  6. pawtener
  7. pawteners
  8. pawternity leave
  9. pawternity leaves
  10. pawties
  11. pawtism

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