As nouns the difference between jowler and jowter
is that
jowler is a dog with large jowls, such as the beagle while
jowter is (obsolete) a mounted peddler of fish.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
jowler English
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jowter English
Alternative forms
* jouster
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A mounted peddler of fish.
- (Carew)
(archaic) A buyer and seller of fish.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.68:
- 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.
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