tutster

plural tutsters

1. One who tuts (makes a tut sound in disapproval).

   He was […] a lean, grey badger of a man, business-like and keen-eyed, the direct opposite of the "tutster" who had annoyed Parker the evening before.

   1927, Dorothy Sayers, Unnatural Death, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2025

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   "My dear boy!" A tutster. This sort of elderly practitioner who talks about tummy is still a familiar figure in the countryside. Says little prick for a local anaesthetic.

   2023, Nicolas Freeling, No Part in Your Death

   Synonyms: tutter