subs. (old).—A pickpocket—especially one who steals handkerchiefs. [From CLOUT, sense 2 (q.v.), a pocket-handkerchief, + ER.] Cf., CLOUTING, sense 2. For synonyms, see STOOK-HAULER.
1839. W. H. AINSWORTH, Jack Sheppard, p. 158, ed. 1840. Near to these hopeful youths sat a fence, or receiver, bargaining with a CLOUTER, or pickpocket.
