subs. phr. (streets’).—A street-vendor who, taking a STAND (q.v.); ‘slings the patter’ to sell his wares: almost obsolete since police control under the Metropolitan Streets’ Act, 1867: cf. RUNNING PATTERER.
subs. phr. (streets’).—A street-vendor who, taking a STAND (q.v.); ‘slings the patter’ to sell his wares: almost obsolete since police control under the Metropolitan Streets’ Act, 1867: cf. RUNNING PATTERER.
