watter

American  

[wot-er] / ˈwɒt ər /

noun

Informal.

1. a light bulb, radio station, etc., of specified wattage (usually used in combination).

   This lamp takes a 60-watter.

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Etymology

Origin of watter

watt + -er ¹

Example Sentences

TS Queen Mary was built in 1933 by shipbuilders William Denny in Dumbarton, for many years providing "doon the watter" trips from Glasgow to destinations such as Dunoon, Rothesay, Millport and Arran.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2023

It'd be a lot cooler if we brought back "watter" with two T's, "stopp'd" with two P's and "holling" with two L's.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 31, 2020

At first, Glaswegians mainly used their break to head "doon the watter", taking steamboats down the Clyde to the Ayrshire coast.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2014

During the debate, a Tory M.P. wondered if Follick proposed to spell water u-o-o-r-t-e-r, pointed out that "some Cockneys say wa'er and Americans say watter, but how do the Scotsmen say it?"

From Time Magazine Archive

John Coxon their Chiefe and to wood and watter at Porttamorrant, and after make all expedition to take Portavella.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)