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Garter vs Arter - What's the difference?

garter | arter |

As nouns the difference between garter and arter

is that garter is a band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking while arter is .

As a verb garter

is to fasten with a garter.

garter

English

(wikipedia garter)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
  • (heraldry) A bendlet.

    • Derived terms

    * garter snake * have someone's guts for garters * Order of the Garter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to fasten with a garter

    • Anagrams

    * *

    arter

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • * 1861 , , chapter 3,
    • His right name was Compeyson; and that's the man, dear boy, what you see me a-pounding in the ditch, according to what you truly told your comrade arter I was gone last night.
  • * Id., chapter 39,
    • It was the money left me, and the gains of the first few year wot I sent home to Mr. Jaggers - all for you - when he first come arter you, agreeable to my letter.
  • * 2000 , Alexander Kent, Colours Aloft! , McBooks Press, ISBN 0935526722, page 115,
    • "Is he asleep at last?"...
    "Aye, sir. So 'e should, arter what I put in 'is Madeira!"

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