Etymology
Origin of pelter
Example Sentences
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Mohammad did not know his quiet son, who holds a master’s degree and runs a computer business, to be a stone pelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2016
He says he isn't a stone pelter but shares their anger.
From Time ● Aug. 21, 2010
Saleh, a stone pelter, says that if Singh had delivered jobs to Kashmir earlier, "It may have had a different effect."
From Time ● Aug. 21, 2010
MY vig! vat a pelter this is— Enough all my hardour to tame; In veather like this there's no sport, It's too much in earnest for game!
From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 02 by Robert Seymour
Long-faced, lantern-jawed old pelter, with a face like a coffin—they're the kind you have to look out for; they'd go through you like an electric shock!
From The Second Chance by Nellie L. McClung
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