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Pelter   Listen
noun
Pelter  n.  A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint. (Obs.) "Let such pelters prate."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pelter" Quotes from Famous Books



... than the other it was Jim. He was the youngest, and he had that kind of big, frolicsome, loving way with him, like a Newfoundland pup about half-grown. I always used to think, somehow, nobody ever seemed to be able to get into a pelter with Jim, not even father, and that was a thing as some people couldn't be got to believe. As for mother and Aileen, they were as fond of him as if he'd been a ...
— Robbery Under Arms • Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood



Words linked to "Pelter" :   torrent, pelt, rainfall, soaker, downpour, waterspout, deluge, rain, thrower



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