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hatter
noun- a solitary worker in a rural or remote area, especially one who suffers from social phobia AUSTRALIA, 1853
Originally applied to miners who worked their claims without a partner. Possibly from the phrase “your hat covers your family” (you are alone in the world), though no doubt the concept of the “mad hatter” must have had an influence. Now only historical. - Sorenson also knew a boundary-rider hatter named Jack-the-Rager who had a habit of reciting poems in a strident voice when he was alone by his fire at night. — Bill Wannan, Bullockies, Beauts and Bandicoots, p. 78, 1960
- These solitary men are usually known as hatters. Some of them go under the name of death adder men, for it is reckoned they will bite your head off if spoken to before noon. — Jock Marshall and Russell Drysdale, Journey Among Men, p. 56, 1962
- a homosexual man UK, 1984
From BROWN-HATTER
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