petter

hyväilijä puhekieltä One who pets.
1953, Ernest Watson Burgess, Paul Wallin, Engagement and marriage

... 36) are good sports 37) have a good sense of humor 38) are not sissies 39) do not try to neck on the first date 40) are not routine petters...

I was always a petter of my horses, teaching them to do some minor tricks.