ˈrattle-bag
[f. rattle n.1 or v.1]
a. A rattle in the form of a bag. Also transf. b. attrib. or as adj. Rattling; reckless.
| 1583 Golding Calvin on Deut. xxiv. 140 Our dooings which are no better than rattlebagges to please babes withall. 1728 P. Walker Life Peden 81 There comes the Devil's Rattle-bag, we do not want him here. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet, let. xi, The Bishop's summoner, that they called The Deil's Rattle-bag. 1886 Elworthy W. Som. Word-bk., Rattle-Bag, wild; harum-scarum; roystering; spendthrift. 1896 Daily News 4 May 5/6 Bicycles..from the days of the old rattlebag ‘bone-shaker’. |