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rattle-bag
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... Oxford English Dictionary
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rattle
▪ I. rattle, n.1 (ˈræt(ə)l) Also 6 rattell (Sc. -ill), ratell, -ille, 6–7 ratle, 7 rat(t)el. [f. rattle v. Cf. (in senses 1–3) Du. and LG. ratel, G. rassel.] I. 1. An instrument used to make a rattling noise, as: a. A case of some hard material containing small bodies which rattle when the instrumen... Oxford English Dictionary
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