- hatter
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Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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Hatter — Hat ter ( t[ e]r), v. t. [Prov. E., to entangle; cf. LG. verhaddern, verheddern, verhiddern.] To tire or worry; with out. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hatter — Hat ter, n. One who makes or sells hats. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hatter — late 14c., from HAT (Cf. hat) + ER (Cf. er) (1) … Etymology dictionary
hatter — [hat′ər] n. a person who makes, sells, or cleans hats, esp. men s hats … English World dictionary
Hatter — Mad as a hatter redirects here. For the Batman episode, see . A hatter is a maker or seller of hats. Milliners are a category of hatters who design women s hats.Mad as a hatterThe origin of the proverbial expression mad as a hatter is uncertain.… … Wikipedia
Hatter — This name derives from the Old English pre 7th Century haet meaning a hat and was originally given either as an occupational name to a maker or seller of hats, or as a topographical name to one resident by a hat shaped hill. One, Roger Hat was… … Surnames reference
hatter — UK [ˈhætə(r)] / US [ˈhætər] noun [countable] Word forms hatter : singular hatter plural hatters someone who makes and sells hats • See: mad … English dictionary
hatter — I. /ˈhætə / (say hatuh) noun 1. a maker or seller of hats. –phrase 2. mad as a hatter, very eccentric; crazy. {Phrase Origin: from the time when hat makers worked with mercury, mercury poisoning causing brain disorders} II. /ˈhætə / (say hatuh)… …
hatter — See: MAD AS A HATTER … Dictionary of American idioms
hatter — See: MAD AS A HATTER … Dictionary of American idioms
hatter — hatter1 /hat euhr/, n. a maker or seller of hats. [1350 1400; ME; see HAT, ER1] hatter2 /hat euhr/, n. Australian Informal. 1. a person who has become eccentric from living alone in a remote area. 2. a person who lives alone in the bush, as a… … Universalium
