patter

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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to eat. Aboriginal word, and usedin pigeon – English, given by Collins in his vocabulary of thePort Jackson dialect. Threlkeld says, ta is the root ofthe verb, meaning «to eat.»

1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. ii. c. vii. p. 223:

«He himself did not patter (eat) any of it.»

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