patterroller

/pætəˈɹoʊlɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"[…]I'll break yo neck, I'll crack yo head / I'll wallop you twel I make you think / I'm de patter-roller, you wall-eyed slink!"."
"One old fellow name John been a run-awayer for four years and de patterrollers tries all dey tricks, but dey can't cotch him. Dey wants him bad, 'cause it 'spire other slaves to run away if he stays a-loose."
"Where was that ditch? Tentatively she whistled the children's tune, “Run, chillen, run; the patterroller get you—""

Modification of patroller.

patterrollers (plural)

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How do you pronounce patterroller?

The recorded pronunciation is /pætəˈɹoʊlɚ/.

What does patterroller mean?

A member of a slave patrol.

Where does patterroller come from?

Modification of patroller.

How to pronounce patterroller

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