Meaning

3 senses
  1. (slang)A safecracker.

  2. A fisherman.

    рыба́кrybák, рыболо́вrybolóv

  3. A fishing boat with identical bow and stern.

    рыболо́вное су́дноrybolóvnoe súdno

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
fisherman:
fishing boat:

Origin

From peter (“a safe, cash box”) + man (the former being 17th-century slang, still in use).

From peter (“a safe, cash box”) + man (the former being 17th-century slang, still in use).

After the apostle Peter, a fisherman.

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Forms

plural: petermen
Singularpeterman
Pluralpetermen

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Synonyms

5 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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