patterers

The patterers were the brainy, sophisticated ones — the self-proclaimed aristocracy of the street.

The Gentleman Grafter Kaplan, Howard 2006

The patterers were the brainy, sophisticated ones — the self-proclaimed aristocracy of the street.

The Gentleman Grafter Kaplan, Howard 2006

Ah! those was the days and nights, too, for the flying stationers and standing patterers, Sir.

James Catnach, Ballad-monger, Part 2 Steve 2009

It was such an eye as never failed, with paupers, poets, and patterers.

James Catnach, Ballad-monger, Part 2 Steve 2009

Songs, "three yards for a penny," were always safe; but when doubtful stories were promulgated, Jemmy directed his patterers to work new districts far distant from where the direful deeds were supposed to originate.

James Catnach, Ballad-monger, Part 1 Steve 2009

For the most part — unlike the costermongers, say (itinerant fruit and vegetable sellers who generally were born and bred to the trade) — the patterers willingly took to the street “from a natural love of what they call ‘roving.’”

The Gentleman Grafter Kaplan, Howard 2006

In “dress and appearance,” Mayhew writes, many of the patterers resembled the “gent.”

The Gentleman Grafter Kaplan, Howard 2006

In a category all to themselves were the street sellers, whom Mayhew divides into two main groups: the patterers, as he calls them, and everyone else.

The Gentleman Grafter Kaplan, Howard 2006

Mayhew and the patterers might have been surprised at just how far Joe has taken this gent thing.

The Gentleman Grafter Kaplan, Howard 2006

(In spite of the polished ways of the patterers, their typical abode was the “vagrant hovel.”)

The Gentleman Grafter Kaplan, Howard 2006