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CHAUNTER
Etymology
Noun
chaunter (plural chaunters)
(UK, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
(colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.
Source: Wiktionary
Chaunt"er, n.
1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [Slang, Eng.]
2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloq.] He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens.
3. The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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