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prattler|ˈprætlə(r)|
[f. prattle v. + -er1.]
One who prattles, a talkative person; a chatterer; now esp. a prattling child.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 90 One knaue or pratler will alwayes accompanie another. 1583Babington Commandm. ix. (1637) 93 We doe not discountenance the whispering carper, we doe not eschew the reports of peevish pratlers. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Conscience i, Peace pratler, do not lowre. 1680Otway Orphan iii. vii. 1219 Go, you're an idle Pratler. 1742Fielding Jos. Andrews iv. viii, My little prattler, the darling and comfort of my old age. 1805Wordsw. Prelude iv. 204 Rosy prattlers at the feet Of a pleased grandame. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 140 Thousands of tragedy-making prattlers. |