Pinter vs Painter - What's the difference?
pinter | painter |
(in combinations, UK, slang) The drinking of a certain number of pints of beer
(in combinations, UK, slang) A container that holds a certain number of pints.
* 2006 , Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red (page 262)
(in combinations, UK, slang) Something that takes a certain number of pints of beer to appreciate.
An artist who paints pictures.
A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
(label) A mountain lion, by mispronunciation of "panther".
(label) A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.
(label) A rope connected to the bow of a boat, used to attach it to e.g. a jetty or another boat.
* 1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) :
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As nouns the difference between pinter and painter
is that pinter is the drinking of a certain number of pints of beer while painter is an artist who paints pictures.As a proper noun Painter is
{{surname|lang=en|from=common nouns}.pinter
English
Noun
(en noun)- “Anyway, I'd best get a shuffle on. Got to pick some milk up, you see.” “I've just been too.” Sure enough he showed the hedgehog a four-pinter .
- She's so ugly, an eight-pinter , I'd say.
painter
English
(wikipedia painter)Etymology 1
From (paint), influenced by (etyl) paintre.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
{{der3, painter's colic , painter-stainer}}Etymology 2
Probably from (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)- "Shove that (fat, wicker luncheon-basket) under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.
The Three Corpse Trick, chapter=5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter , and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}