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Patteran

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

Any of several coded signs left along a road or on a non-Roma house by one Rom to another. The most common ones consist of crossed sprigs (usually of different trees or shrubs) indicating, for example, a direction travelled..

Example Sentences

Follow the Romany Patteran / Sheer to the Austral Light, / Where the besom of God is the wild South wind, / Sweeping the sea-floors white.
They began to come upon from time to time small cairns of rock by the roadside. They were signs in gypsy language, lost patterans.

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What does patteran mean?

Patteran means Any of several coded signs left along a road or on a non-Roma house by one Rom to another. The most common ones consist of crossed sprigs (usually of different trees or shrubs) indicating, for example, a direction travelled..

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How do you use patteran in a sentence?

Follow the Romany Patteran / Sheer to the Austral Light, / Where the besom of God is the wild South wind, / Sweeping the sea-floors white.

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