subs. (vagrants).1. A begging imposter; a SILVER BEGGAR (q.v.). See DEMAUNDER FOR GLYMMAR. Also LURKSMAN.
185161. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, i. 233. In every large town sham official documents, with crests, seals, and signatures, can be got for half-a-crown. Armed with these, the patterer becomes LURKER,that is, an imposter.
2. (thieves).A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES (q.v.).