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▪ I. prattle, n. (ˈpræt(ə)l) [f. prattle v.] The act or action of prattling; that which is prattled; idle inconsequent talk, childish chatter, small talk.1555 W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. vii. 160 As for byeng and sellyng, or any kinde of Lawe prattle, thei [Persians] vse not. 1583 Babington Comma...
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The Wasp (magazine)
During Bierce's editorial tenure, The Wasp published his column "Prattle" and several serialized installments of his satirical definitions later collected Ambrose Bierce, Master of the Macabre
Bierce's attack on Oscar Wilde in his column "Prattle".
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prattle
prattle/ˈprætl; `prætl/ v[I, Ip](a) ~ (away) (of a child) talk in a simple way; babble (指儿童)说简单的话, 牙牙学语 The baby is prattling (away) happily in her cot. 那幼儿在小床上牙牙自语, 快活得很.(b) (often derog 常作贬义) ~ (on about sth) (of an adult) talk at length, esp about unimportant things (指成人)絮絮叨叨地说; (尤指)闲聊 prattle on...
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The Cat Burglar
Prattle
Tommy Ivo as Willie Prattle
See also
List of American films of 1961
Cat burglar
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1961 films
1961 crime films
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prittle-prattle
▪ I. prittle-prattle, n. Now rare. (ˈprɪt(ə)lˌpræt(ə)l) [Reduplicated extension of prattle n.] Trivial, worthless, or idle talk; also, light, easy, familiar conversation, small talk; chatter, tittle-tattle; childish prattle. Also attrib.1556 Olde Antichrist 9 b, I could easily contemne their prittle...
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Noke, Oxfordshire
The parish still has two woodlands: Prattle Wood about southwest of the village, and Noke Wood about to the southeast.
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prattle-basket
† 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-...
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Murder Ballad (musical)
She vows to forget the affair and return to her old, happy way of life with her family ("Prattle 4"). The murder remains unsolved ("Clubs and Diamonds / Prattle 6").
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prattling
▪ I. prattling, vbl. n. (ˈprætlɪŋ) [f. prattle v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. prattle.1530 Palsgr. 257/2 Pratlynge, the speche of yonge chyldren, patoys. 1580 Babington Exp. Lord's Prayer (1596) 233 Their priuie pratling to the hurt of their neighbours. 1605 Willet Hexapla Gen. 367 Aged parents ...
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Sarash
The meaning of Sarash in English is translated to: 1) To sing, call (of birds); 2) to prattle on; to chatter; to gabble; to talk on and on.
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prattle-box
† ˈprattle-box Obs. [f. prattle n. + box n.2 Cf. chatterbox.] A humorous name for a prattler or chatterer; a chatterbox.1671 Glanvill Disc. M. Stubbe 2 Gross Ignoramusses, Illiterate Fools, Prattle-boxes, Catch-Dotterels,..Tories, Cheats, and poor Devils. 1696 Locke in Fox Bourne Life (1876) II. xv....
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Children'S Prattle
Jul 28, 2023at a rich merchant's house there was a children's party,and the children of rich and great people were there. the. merchant was a learned man, for his father had sent him to. college, and he had passed his examination. his father had. been at first only a cattle dealer1, but always honest and. industrious2, so that he had made money, and his son, the. merchant, had managed to increase his ...
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Poems (Carmichael collection)
Rarely indeed are their pretty ways so tenderly and truly pictured, or their winsome prattle put into verse so charming as we find in this volume."
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prattlement
prattlement rare. (ˈpræt(ə)lmənt) [f. prattle v. + -ment.] Idle talk, prattle, prattling: in quot. 1579, a play on parliament.1579 Fulke Heskins' Parl. 33 He will goe immediately to his purposed matter, to bee debated in this highe Court of prattlement. 1604 Hieron Wks. I. 574 It were a word suffici...
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