putter-on

noun

An instigator.

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Meanings

nounputter-on (plural putters-on)

plural putters-on

  1. obsoleteAn instigator.

    You are abused, and by some putter-on

    c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]
  2. Someone who puts something on

    I'm a server of food and a putter-on of pants

    2022, Albert Glinsky, Switched on: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution
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APA

putter-on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/putter-on

MLA

“putter-on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/putter-on. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “putter-on,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/putter-on.

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