1. people who speak rapidly and continuously, often in a mechanical or meaningless way
2. street vendors who attract customers by rapid, persuasive talk
Usage: historical

Examples

• The patterers on the street corner tried to sell their wares to every passerby.
• Radio announcers can become mere patterers if they don’t engage meaningfully with their content.
• The market was full of patterers calling out their prices and deals.
• Some politicians are just patterers who speak without saying anything substantial.
• The old-fashioned patterers would recite verses to draw crowds to their stalls.
• She grew tired of the patterers who dominated every conversation with empty chatter.