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  • noun Plural form of treater.

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Examples

  • Kathleen Sebelius tossing candy to trick-or-treaters from a second-floor window of her Capitol Hill rowhouse Sunday night.

    Hey, isn't that...?: Kathleen Sebelius; Alexander Ovechkin The Reliable Source 2010

  • On the 22nd of October, they follow'd the Duke's chair quite thro the city down to the Abbey Gate; the guards prevented their going further; but all the way as they came back, they were heard to threaten what they would do the next day; that then they would be a thousand times as many; that they would pull the traitors, so they called the treaters of the Union at London, out of their houses, and they would soon put an end to the

    The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) James Pringle Thomson

  • Just waiting for more of the little 'treaters' to come my way.

    WordPress.com News 2008

  • Come to think of it, Hallowe'en is rooted in Druidic and Roman Catholic syncretism, though few trick or treaters think of themselves as Druids or Roman Catholics.

    D�a de Muertos vs. Halloween? 2009

  • Forget about the hazards to trick or treaters from silent but deadly hybrid cars speeding down darkened streets; it's a wonder the kids don't die of boredom.

    Happy R&B Halloween to All the Souls in Purgatory Con Chapman 2011

  • One of those pranks is downloading music illegally, usually in search of a fitting soundtrack for All Hallows 'eve, one that will frighten the trick or treaters.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Come to think of it, Hallowe'en is rooted in Druidic and Roman Catholic syncretism, though few trick or treaters think of themselves as Druids or Roman Catholics.

    D�a de Muertos vs. Halloween? 2009

  • Come to think of it, Hallowe'en is rooted in Druidic and Roman Catholic syncretism, though few trick or treaters think of themselves as Druids or Roman Catholics.

    D�a de Muertos vs. Halloween? 2009

  • Come to think of it, Hallowe'en is rooted in Druidic and Roman Catholic syncretism, though few trick or treaters think of themselves as Druids or Roman Catholics.

    D�a de Muertos vs. Halloween? 2009

  • Come to think of it, Hallowe'en is rooted in Druidic and Roman Catholic syncretism, though few trick or treaters think of themselves as Druids or Roman Catholics.

    D�a de Muertos vs. Halloween? 2009

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