Etymology
Origin of pelter
Example Sentences
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The one that caused pelters to rain down from all angles?
From BBC
He’s also getting pelters via the medium of the comedy inflatable.
From The Guardian
Foster takes an age over the restart and receives pelters from the crowd as a result.
From The Guardian
The bulk of those arrested - more than 3,000 - were listed as “stone pelters and other miscreants”.
From Reuters
“All the deaths which have happened have happened by terrorists or the stone pelters,” Dhillon said.
From Washington Post
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