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putters up

putters up is the plural of putter up.

Meaning of putter up

Noun

putter up (plural putters up)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A person who seeks out information of use to burglars, for example by ingratiating himself with the members of a household, and in return receives payment after the burglary is committed.
    • The thieves never take the putter up with them, nor do they allow him to know when they intend to crack the house.1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 353

Questions about putters up

What is putters up the plural of?
Putters up is the plural of putter up.

Words near putters up in the dictionary

  1. putteringly
  2. putterings
  3. putters
  4. putters about
  5. putters around
  6. putters up
  7. putters-on
  8. puttest
  9. putteth
  10. Puttgarden
  11. putti

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