before 1000; Middle English sutor, Old English sūtere < Latin sūtor, equivalent to sū-, variant stem of su ( ere ) to sew 1 + -tor -tor
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"Saut," quo' the souter, when he had eaten a cow a' but the tail.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
The souter gae the sow a kiss; "grumph," quo' she, "it's for a birse."
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
The souter, wi' his bristly chin, Frae whilk the lasses screechin' rin; The curly-headed whupper-in, Will a' be at the rockin'.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
Here souter Hood in death does sleep;— To h—ll, if he’s gane thither, Satan, gie him thy gear to keep, He’ll haud it weel thegither.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
To whome the colyer answeryd hym: he was well, whan I sawe hym laste; for he was rydynge and waited but for a souter to plucke on his botes.
From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by Hazlitt, William Carew
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