watter

[ wot-er ]

noun

, Informal.

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

   This lamp takes a 60-watter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of watter¹

watt + -er ¹

Example Sentences

He and I were living “doon the watter,” at Dunoon, on the Clyde, one summer month.

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De aint no watter bout it; its fire, an I done come ter settle up, asserted Mammy.

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In using the word water, he pronounced it in his native Doric as "watter."

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A certain remedial "watter," used in Scotland by wise women or herbalists, is supposed to have contained the same ingredient.

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As for meate we wanted none, as we had a store of staggs along ye watter-side.

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