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Peterman   Listen
noun
Peterman  n.  (pl. petermen)  A fisherman; so called after the apostle Peter. (An obs. local term in Eng.)






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"Peterman" Quotes from Famous Books



... privilege of a special officer's license. For this empty honor "Batty" Blake—for as "Batty" he was known to nearly all the cities of America—did an occasional bit of "stooling" for the Central Office, a tip as to a stray yeggman's return, a hint as to a "peterman's" activities in the shopping crowds, a whisper that a till tapper had failed to ...
— Never-Fail Blake • Arthur Stringer

... to which I am coming. I lately received from my friend Augustus Peterman, of Leipzig, a map. Take down the third atlas from the second shelf, series ...
— A Journey to the Centre of the Earth • Jules Verne



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