To Patter (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Patter

To talk. To patter flash; to speak flash, or the language used by thieves. How the blowen lushes jackey, and patters flash; how the wench drinks gin, and talks flash.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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