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- noun Plural form of
paterero .
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Examples
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Tom Pipes, being told what was the matter, lighted his match, and going down to the yard, fired all the patereroes as signals of distress.
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The beer was produced, the gates were thrown open for the admission of all comers, the whole house was lighted up, and the patereroes were discharged in repeated volleys.
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And here has been Mr. Gamaliel and your brother my lord, demanding entrance at the gate, in order to see her; but I would not suffer them to come aboard, and pointed my patereroes, which made them sheer off.
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Another day was fixed for the nuptials; and in order to balk the curiosity of idle people, which had given great offence, the parson was prevailed upon to perform the ceremony in the garrison, which all that day was adorned with flags and pendants displayed; and at night illuminated, by the direction of Hatchway, who also ordered the patereroes to be fired, as soon as the marriage-knot was tied.
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Two patereroes, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length thirteen calibers.
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There are also four falcons, large patereroes, which were brought in the said ship.
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Two patereroes, new casting of Manila, caliber eight libras, length thirteen calibers.
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In the magazines there are two or three falcon patereroes.
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The octagonal tower which overlooked the ramparts, and answered in some sort to the donjon of a feudal castle, was a bomb-proof structure in vaulted masonry, of the slaty black limestone of the neighborhood, three stories in height, and armed with nine or ten cannon, besides a great number of patereroes, -- a kind of pivot-gun much like a swivel.
A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II Francis Parkman 1858
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-- "Welcome, honest Roger, welcome home again!" they shout: and the patereroes on the lawn thunder a salute; "welcome, honest neighbour;" -- and up went, at bright noon, Tom Stableboy's dozen of rockets wrapped around with streamers of glazed calico -- "welcome, welcome!"
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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