Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler.
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- verb Present participle of
suttle .
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Examples
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She was promoted to the office of cook to a regimental mess of officers; and, before the peace of Utrecht, was actually in possession of a suttling-tent, pitched for the accommodation of the gentlemen in the army.
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Having now made the promenade of the fair, let us step into one of the suttling booths.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 Various
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As soon as you passed the village of Barnwell, your attention was attracted by flags streaming from the show-booths, suttling-booths, &c.; whilst your ears were stunned with the "harsh discord" of a thousand Stentorian bawlers, and the clang of jarring instruments of music.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 Various
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No sutler shall be permitted to sell any kind of liquors or victuals, or to keep their houses or shops open for the entertainment of soldiers, after nine at night, or before the beating of the reveille, or upon Sundays during divine service or sermon, on the penalty of being dismissed from all future suttling.
A digest of the military and naval laws of the Confederate States : from the commencement of the Provisional Congress to the end of the first Congress under the permanent constitution, Confederate States of America. 1864
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Tom made inquiry of a boy at the stairs, who informed him that Barney was gone to the suttling house to smoak a pipe.
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She was promoted to the office of cook to a regimental mess of officers; and, before the peace of Utrecht, was actually in possession of a suttling-tent, pitched for the accommodation of the gentlemen in the army.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 01 Tobias George Smollett 1746
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She was promoted to the office of cook to a regimental mess of officers; and, before the peace of Utrecht, was actually in possession of a suttling-tent, pitched for the accommodation of the gentlemen in the army.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete Tobias George Smollett 1746
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When a new-comer or fresh man arrived to keep the fair, he was required to submit to the ceremony of christening, as it was called, which was performed as follows: -- On the night following the horse-fair day, which was the principal day of the whole fair, a select party occupied the parlour of the Robin Hood, or some other suttling booth, to which the novice was introduced, as desirous of being admitted a member, and of being initiated.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828 Various
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