1753 S. Richardson V. xxi. 121 The design of my pen-prattle.
1800 C. B. Brown II. xxv. 243 But why am I indulging this pen-prattle?
1914 E. Wharton 20 Dec. (1988) 343 Instead of being able to sit down for a pen-prattle with my friends, I..can only drowze over La France Contemporaine or such-like.