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Definition of Patterer
1. n. One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler.
Definition of Patterer
1. Noun. (UK slang) One who patters, or talks glibly; a street peddler. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patterer
1. one that patters [n -S] - See also: patters
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patterer
Literary usage of Patterer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dens of London Exposed (1835)
"... of course, considered a first-rate patterer (caller.) Another, a merchant's
clerk, an exceedingly sharp and active young man, and an excellent mimic, ..."
2. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1872)
"And but few fairs are held in any part of England without the patterer being
punctually at his post, with his nostrums, or real gold rings, (with the story ..."
3. Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-ton by John Badcock (1823)
"So hawkers of small wares use it; 'a good patterer,' and ' no patterer,' showing
... Tom Kinnersley was the very best book-patterer in all England;' but' ..."
4. Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton by John Badcock (1823)
"So hawkers of small wares use it; ' a good patterer,' and ' no patterer,' ...
Tom Kinnersley was the very best book-patterer in all England;' but' Jemmy ..."