chaunter

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chaunter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chaunter \Chaunt"er\, n.
     1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [Slang,
        Eng.]
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     2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloq.]
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              He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. --Dickens.
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     3. The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3.
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