† ˈprattle-ˌbasket Obs.
[f. prattle n. + basket n. Cf. next.]
= next.
| 1602 Breton Mother's Blessing lxxiv, But if she be ilfauour'd, blind and old, A prattle basket, or an idle slut. 1690 Shadwell Amorous Bigot ii. Wks. 1720 IV. 248 Sweet prattle-basket, be quiet. 1828 Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Prattle-Basket, a prattling child, a little young prater. |