tatler

See also: Tatler

English

Noun

tatler (plural tatlers)

  1. Obsolete form of tattler (“one who tells tales, or informs on others”).
  2. (obsolete, slang) A watch (timepiece).
    • 1765, Edward Ward, Mars Stript of His Armour, page 56:
      He views his gilt Corslet, as a needy Fellow does his Watch, upon all Occasions; and the one thinks this little Piece of Armour a Proof of his Courage, as the other imagines his Tatler an Argument of his Riches; […]

References

  • (watch): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary
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