poulterer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of poulterer
1525–35; obsolete poulter poultry dealer (< Middle French pouletier; see pullet, -ier 2) + -er 1
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Like many Catalans – about 41%, according to the polls – the poulterer is a passionate believer in sovereignty and a man with a memory that stretches back well beyond his 61 years.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2017
Riddell came out of the ordeal very much as a duck comes out of the hands of the poulterer.
From The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed
"You will come back," said the poulterer sceptically, when his fellow-tenant bade him good-bye; and parodying the sacred aspiration—"Next year in Manchester," he cried, in genial mockery.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
Nay, at the lower end of the same table, you may hear a butcher and poulterer say, that at their proper charge all that family has been maintained since they last came to town.
From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various
—Philologist, s. of a poulterer called Horne, added the name of Tooke in 1782 in anticipation of inheriting from his friend W. Tooke, of Purley.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin
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