subs. (common).—Beer; also liquor generally. SHANT OF GATTER = a pot of beer. Fr., la moussante. For synonyms, see DRINKS.
1818. MAGINN, Vidocq’s Slang Song Versified.
| ‘Lots of GATTER,’ quo’ she, ‘are flowing; | |
| Lend me a lift in the family way.’ |
1841. Punch, I., p. 243, GATTER is but threepence a pot, and that’s the price of a reasonable ’pike ticket.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. i., p. 232. They have a ‘shant of GATTER’ (pot of beer) at the nearest ‘boozing-ken’ (alehouse).
