before 1000; Middle English sutor, Old English sūtere < Latin sūtor, equivalent to sū-, variant stem of su ( ere ) to sew 1 + -tor -tor
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To whome the colyer answeryd hym: he was well, whan I sawe hym laste; for he was rydynge and waited but for a souter to plucke on his botes.
From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by Hazlitt, William Carew
A souter to his trade, he'd left the toun Sax months before to work in Troon, To carry clubs or mend auld shoon, At ilka t' ade a handy loon.
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet
Desirous to learn something respecting it, he made some inquiries of a man, who as it happened was the souter of the village.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 by Various
Her father had been a souter and a pawky chiel enough, but was doited for many years, and her mother was sair dottled.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Ramsay, Edward Bannerman
Here souter Hood in death does sleep;— To h—ll, if he’s gane thither, Satan, gie him thy gear to keep, He’ll haud it weel thegither.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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