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rotter|ˈrɒtə(r)|
[f. rot v.]
1. A causer of rot. rare.
1611Cotgr., Pourrisseur, a rotter; and, particularly, the spotted,..short-tailed Serpent, Seps.
2. slang. In vaguely depreciative use: One who is objectionable on moral or other grounds.
1894G. Moore Esther Waters xl, A regular rotter; that man is about as bad as they make 'em. 1899Kipling Stalky 172 What d'you take any notice of these rotters for? 1900‘G. Swift’ Somerley 155 He liked his mother and sisters..: all other women he classed as ‘rotters’.
3. Something which is rotten with age.
1901Henley Hawthorne & Lavender, An old black rotter of a boat Lay stranded in mid-stream. |