patterer

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From patter + -er.

UK, Obsolete, Slang Someone who patters, or talks glibly.

UK, Obsolete, Slang A street peddler.

The running patterer cares less than other street-sellers for bad weather, for if he "work" on a wet and gloomy evening, and if the work be "a cock," which is a fictitious statement or even a pretended fictitious statement, there is the less chance of any one detecting the ruse.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor:

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