tetter
Americannoun
noun
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a blister or pimple
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informal any of various skin eruptions, such as eczema
Etymology
Origin of tetter
before 900; Middle English; Old English teter; cognate with Sanskrit dadru kind of skin disease
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Bains put a hand on the taller boy’s hair and fingered it lightly, absently searching with her nails for tetter spots.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
I had tetter and it all come out.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration
September 24, 1802 My Dear Manning,—Since the date of my last tetter, I have been a traveller, A strong desire seized me of visiting remote regions.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb
It is crusted and scabbed with yellowish tetter, like sulphur or the rancid fat on meat.
From The Old Front Line by John Masefield
In the fever or the berebarde," "Berbi, O.F., chancre, dartre; a boil, bubo, or tetter, commonly attendant upon pestilent fever.
From Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850 by Various
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