different between powter vs jowter

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powter (plural powters)

powter (third-person singular simple present powters, present participle powtering, simple past and past participle powtered)

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jowter (plural jowters)

(archaic) A buyer and seller of fish, usually operating from a cart or a van.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Carew to this entry?)
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.68:
  He lifted out the catfish and selected a small carp. They watched the needle swing. The old jowter twisted up the apron in his hands. Two and a half, he said.

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