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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.