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Very eccentric type
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nutter
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Wikipedia
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Nutter may mean: A chiefly British English slang word for a mentally ill person, or for someone who is fearless, tough and cruel. (In American English slang, the term is simply "nut".) A nut gatherer, one who gathers nuts .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who gathers nuts. 2 (context informal English) An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person. 3 A person who is obsessed with something.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nutter \Nut"ter\, n. A gatherer of nuts.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one who gathers nuts," late 15c., from nut + -er (1). Meaning "crazy person" is British slang, 1958, from nut + -er (3). Nuttery "mental hospital" is attested from 1931; earlier it meant "place for storing nuts" (1881).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Burns can be a nutter - especially when he's had a few drinks. ▪ He's a complete nutter . He's got no sense whatsoever. ▪ Sometimes you get these nutters calling you at 3 o'clock in the morning. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ ...
Usage examples of nutter.
My people put their lives on the line every time this nutter has a night on the town.
It appeared that some of these girls had been at one of my public appearances shortly before they dropped out of sight and she wondered if some nutter was targeting my fans.
How do you think my boss would react if I let you be taken hostage by some nutter with a knife?
I looked at Wayne, half expecting him to swear me in as a temporary agent the way the FBI do to kids in movies when they know the whereabouts of some nutter the feds want to shoot on sight.
Rathmines and I had come to the conclusion that he was just another nutter living out a fantasy.
Your man must have been a complete asshole, totally possessive, a bit like that nutter Trevor in Eastenders.
Perhaps I had hurt his feelings by thinking it even possible that Grandfather Nutter was an Indian warrior.
While we were getting into the double-seated wagon which Grandfather Nutter had provided, I took the opportunity of asking after the health of the pony.
Grandfather Nutter, who knew what a boy loved, if ever a grandfather did.
Having introduced the reader to the Nutter House, a presentation to the Nutter family naturally follows.
Grandfather Nutter was a hale, cheery old gentleman, as straight and as bald as an arrow.
Captain Nutter had charge of a slight earthwork just outside the mouth of the river.
Her bright honest face comes to me out from the past, the light and life of the Nutter House when I was a boy at Rivermouth.
Captain Nutter bought me a little two-wheeled cart, which she drew quite nicely, after kicking out the dasher and breaking the shafts once or twice.
It was not Grandfather Nutter, nor Miss Abigail, nor Kitty Collins, though they all helped to compose it.