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To patter flash

Patter \Pat"ter\, v. t.

  1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [R.] ``And patter the water about the boat.''
    --J. R. Drake.

  2. [See Patter, v. i., 2.] To mutter; as prayers.

    [The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers.
    --Longfellow.

    To patter flash, to talk in thieves' cant. [Slang]