English as She Is Spoke · Character
Cuttler
A tailor (or 'cuttler') who buttons, pinches, and measures his way through the dialogue scenes, complaining that sleeves lack wideness and razors need combing.
supporting
First appearance: Familiar Dialogues
As a supporting figure in English as She Is Spoke, Cuttler is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Referenced indirectly in the anecdote of the avaricious cuttler, though not directly appearing.
Cuttler moves through the book's conversational set pieces as a man of trade — fitting coats, discussing cloth by the ell, haggling over twenty franks. His world is one of small frictions: a garment that pinches the stomach, a customer who won't cheapen, a barber who is also a newsmonger. He matters because his mundane transactions give the mangled English somewhere to land, turning everyday errands into quiet disasters of language.
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