Chaunter

Chaunter
Chaunter Chaunt"er, n. 1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster]

2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

3. The flute of a bagpipe. See {Chanter}, n., 3. [1913 Webster]


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