Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pelter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pelter \Pelt"er\, n.
One who pelts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pelter \Pel"ter\, n.
A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
[Obs.] ``Let such pelters prate.'' --Gascoigne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pelter
n 1: a heavy rain [syn: {downpour}, {cloudburst}, {deluge}, {waterspout},
{torrent}, {soaker}]
2: a thrower of missiles; "the police were too busy to chase
the pelters"
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