poulterer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of poulterer
1525–35; obsolete poulter poultry dealer (< Middle French pouletier; see pullet, -ier 2) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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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
We sold them to a poulterer at Brighton, who took all we could catch in a season at 18d. a dozen.
From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs
The cocks which were killed in these combats were returned to the hen-coops, and supposed by the poulterer, who had very often had a glass of grog, to have quarrelled within the bars.
From Newton Forster by Frederick Marryat
Side dishes, thus,—Minerva's owl, 71Or any such like learned fowl; Doves, such as heaven's poulterer gets When Cupid shoots his mother's pets.
From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous
In shipping poultry the first thing the young poulterer should do is to establish a reputation among the first-class dealers in his vicinity.
From Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin
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