Dictionary entry

Put (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Put (?), n. [Cf. W. pwt any short thing, pwt o ddyn a squab of a person, pwtog a short, thick woman.] A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.

Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign. Bramston.

What droll puts the citizens seem in it all. F. Harrison.