patterer
- a word derived from patter.
Example Sentences
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The running patterer was selling his broadsides almost as fast as he could yell.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
"What! you're afraid, old patterer, are you?" said the Chouette, with fierce contempt.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
The harp is the travelling patterer for the Universe's Insurance Company, recommending its laws, and our little goodness is all the assessment that we pay.
From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David
Since the highwayman wandered, fur-coated, into the City, the patterer has lost his occupation.
From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles
He could prevent the patterer from finishing his story, but then his last hope vanished of seeing the keeper retire before the hour in which Germain would be in safety.
From Mysteries of Paris, V3 by Sue, Eugène
