A Roman catholic.
See breast fleet, and craw thumpers.
·noun That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun One who, or that which, beats. II. Beater ·noun A person who beats up game for the hunters. ...
Boots. Cant. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose