pelter

Definition

One who pelts.

Etymology

From pelt + -er.

Example Sentences

• "With this mighty resolution framed and glassed, and hung over his bed, along with a pleasing representation of a gleaming eye, bearing the legend, "Thou, God, seest me," he managed by bearing himself humbly among his fellows, or rather, by having humility thrust upon him, to avert for a period such calamity as doth befall the Sunday swimmer, the fruit stealer, the school wagger, the root smoker, the Chinaman pelter, and the window smasher."
• "Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the pelter."
• "Young stone-pelters took to the streets and faced armed police who fired straight at them, killing several."