| 释义 |
twattler Obs. exc. dial.|ˈtwɒtlə(r)|
[f. prec. + -er1.]
One who ‘twattles’; a chatterer, babbler, tattler.
1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. vi. in Holinshed I. 22/1 Let vs..leaue lying for varlettes,..chatting for twatlers. 1679J. Smith Narr. Pop. Plot 21 Aspersed by..publick Scriblers, as well as by Coffee-house Twatlers. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T., 1 Tim. v. 14, 15 To speak evil of the Church, as if it were a Society of idle twatlers. 1818Cobbett Pol. Reg. XXXIII. 515 As to the resources of the nation, what do these twatlers mean? |