Jotter vs Jowter - What's the difference?
jotter | jowter |
(obsolete) A mounted peddler of fish.
(archaic) A buyer and seller of fish.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.68:
As nouns the difference between jotter and jowter
is that jotter is a memorandum book while jowter is a mounted peddler of fish.jowter
English
Alternative forms
* jousterNoun
(en noun)- (Carew)
- He lifted out the catfish and selected a small carp. They watched the needle swing. The old jowter twisted up the apron in his hands. Two and a half, he said.