gatter

See also: Gatter

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

Noun

gatter (uncountable)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Porter or other beer, or by extension any alcoholic drink. [since at least the 1820s]
   • Bet the Coaley's Daughter (traditional song)

     But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.

Anagrams

• Gretta, target