jowter
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jowter (plural jowters)
- (archaic) A buyer and seller of fish, usually operating from a cart or a van.
- 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
- fish drivers , whom we call jowters
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 68:
- He lifted out the catfish and selected a small carp. They watched the needle swing. The old jowter twisted up the apron in his hands. Two and a half, he said.
References[edit]
“jowter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.