patter
verb (used without object)
to make a rapid succession of light taps.
patterer
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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
"Remain, and you shall know," answered the patterer.
From Mysteries of Paris, V3 by Eugène Sue
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 Eugène Sue
Deuce take me," cried Malicorne, "if that old patterer is not going fast asleep!
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Eugène Sue
Since the highwayman wandered, fur-coated, into the City, the patterer has lost his occupation.
From A Book of Scoundrels by Charles Whibley
