blatter
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
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Etymology
Origin of blatter
1545–55; < Latin blaterāre to prate, babble; use and spelling probably altered by association with other expressive verbs ending in -er 6
Example Sentences
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All this was an affair totally different from that of the Fliegende Blätter.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher
Diese Blätter wurden nicht nur in Serbien verbreitet, sondern auch auf wohlorganisierten Schleichwegen in die Monarchie hineingeschmuggelt.
From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History
It was the Fliegende Blätter, a comic paper of about the class of Life or Punch.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher
He was a veritable German professor—a figure worthy of Die Fliegende Blätter.
From The Tyranny of the Dark by Garland, Hamlin
In the Fliegende Blätter two young clerks were represented discussing the question of summer holidays.
From The Angel and the Author, and others by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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