Patterer
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who patters, or talks glibly. UK, obsolete, slang
- 2 A street peddler. UK, obsolete, slang
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From patter + -er.
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