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- 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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gatter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatter
“gatter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gatter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatter.
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