gatter

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noun

Porter or other beer, or by extension any alcoholic drink.

First used since at least the 1820sScrabble 7

Meanings

noungatter (uncountable)
  1. UKobsoleteslanguncountablePorter or other beer, or by extension any alcoholic drink.First known use since at least the 1820s

    But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.

    Bet the Coaley's Daughter (traditional song)

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APA

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Chicago

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