Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Gipsies' cant, the marking of a trail by handfuls of grass or leaves dropped at intervals. Also
patteran .
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Examples
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The patrin is the clue which Gipsies leave behind them on the road they go, that other Gipsies who travel in it may know they have gone before.
The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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The patrin is the clue which Gipsies leave behind them on the road they go, that other Gipsies who travel in it may know they have gone before.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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The patrin is the clue which Gipsies leave behind them on the road they go, that other Gipsies who travel in it may know they have gone before.
The World for Sale, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897
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Also, do you know why the patrin webjournal hasn't been updated in 5 years? thanks!
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If you're wondering about the name, patrin is the Romanes word for 'leaf'; the site's glossary says:
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After all, a patrin is left to show the way, in case the ones following take the wrong route.
Five Go To Mystery Moor Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1954
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If it's so easy to lose the way there, there might be a patrin, although there are no camp-marks.
Five Go To Mystery Moor Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1954
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"Well, it's a patrin, a message, to say that me and my little dog have gone in the caravan too, " said Sniffer, picking up the leaves.
Five Go To Mystery Moor Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1954
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Fleda had a fierce desire to spring to her feet and declare to them all that the sentence of the patrin had been passed upon Jethro Fawe, but she laid a hand upon herself.
The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Not since" -- she was going to say not since the morning her father had passed the sentence of the patrin upon him; but she paused in time.
The World for Sale, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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