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prettygoodwordattercop - n., (Arch.) a spider; (Dial.) a peevish, complaining person.
Spider is the original sense, from Old English attor, poison + cop, head (or possibly also just spider itself, as it is also the root behind cobweb). The dialect sense is from Yorkshire and points north. Its best known use in standard English is in one of Bilbo's songs from The Hobbit.
---L.
Spider is the original sense, from Old English attor, poison + cop, head (or possibly also just spider itself, as it is also the root behind cobweb). The dialect sense is from Yorkshire and points north. Its best known use in standard English is in one of Bilbo's songs from The Hobbit.
---L.
