Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
whit-tawer .
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"whittaw," otherwise saddler, who entertains them with the latest
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV Various 1885
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For the great barn-doors are thrown wide open, and men are busy there mending the harness, under the superintendence of Mr. Goby, the “whittaw,” otherwise saddler, who entertains them with the latest Treddleston gossip.
Adam Bede 2004
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