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"setter" Definition

  1. sevenpence. _Italian_, SETTE. _See_ SALTEE.—_Lingua Franca._
  2. a person employed by the vendor at an auction to run the bidding up; to bid against _bona-fide_ bidders. Also the man who takes the box at hazard, and “sets a go.”

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Position in the dictionary: 3029 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: setting jewels, settle, settled, seven-pennorth, seven-sided animal, seven-up, sevendible, sewed-up, sewn-up, shack
Previous words in the dictionary: set-to, serve out, serene, sensation, sell, seeley’s pigs, seedy, see., see the king., see it out

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