Customer

·noun A lewd woman.

II. Customer ·noun One who collect customs; a toll gatherer.

III. Customer ·noun A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the customers of a bank.

IV. Customer ·noun One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer.

V. Customer ·noun A peculiar person;

— in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer.

customer
A cant term, meaning one that one has to deal with, that one comes across. In use, it answers nearly...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
ugly customer
A disagreeable or troublesome companion. Capt. H.----, whom we met at St. Francisco, carried a numb...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.