peltable

comparative more peltable · superlative most peltable

1. Deserving of being pelted.

   Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the pelter.

   1915, H. G. Wells, The Research Magnificent

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   What I mean is that there are structures in all this tumult, as there are in all human dealings. Certain classes of celebrity count as peltable; the international rich are not, and they, as I have so frequently said in these pages, are the worst menace […]

   2010, Fred Inglis, A Short History of Celebrity, page 286

2. Able to be thrown or hurled.

   […] the crowd throngs there, eager to substitute cat-calls and taunts for applause, and for roses and violets they exchange cabbages and other harsh and peltable vegetables […]

   1909, The Theatre, volume 10, page 78