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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge..
It’s easy enough to be a beak when you’re young and athletic, and can offer the latest University smattering. The difficulty is to keep your place when you get old and stiff, and younger smatterers are pushing up behind you.
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Smatterer means One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge..
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It’s easy enough to be a beak when you’re young and athletic, and can offer the latest University smattering. The difficulty is to keep your place when you get old and stiff, and younger smatterers are pushing up behind you.
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