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Webster 1913 Edition


Pelter

Pelt′er

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Noun.
One who pelts.

Pel′ter

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Noun.
A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
[Obs.]
“Let such pelters prate.”
Gascoigne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pelter

PELT'ER

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Noun.
One that pelts; also, a pinch-penny; a mean, sordid person.

Definition 2024


pelter

pelter

English

Noun

pelter (plural pelters)

  1. One who pelts.
    • 2008, Outlook (volume 48, number 35, page 20)
      Young stone-pelters took to the streets and faced armed police who fired straight at them, killing several.
  2. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.

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