English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Based on a traditional children's rhyme: "Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, / Had a wife and couldn't keep her; / He put her in a pumpkin shell, / And there he kept her very well."
Noun[edit]
cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater (plural not attested)
- (childish) Someone who cheats.
2011, Lara Bergen, Sophie the Snoop:
Archie was a cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater. More proof that he was a thief!
See AlsoAndy the Apple