prattle
verb (used without object)
to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
prattler
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a word derived from
prattle.
Example Sentences
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As the child grew, it became an especial favourite with its grandmother; the elder Nancy rejoiced over the little prattler, and forgot her cause of sorrow.
From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Ernest Rhys
Ruth was a laughing-eyed prattler, Thoughtless, and happy, and free; She planted a seed in the garden, And said: "It will grow to a tree— A beautiful blossoming tree."
From Debris Selections from Poems by Madge Morris Wagner
I would start him ten to one—ay, fifty to one—in talking nonsense against any prattler now living.”
From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Graham Everitt
The big man stooped and kissed the tiny prattler, and thus avoided the necessity for speech.
From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke
Now the Frate so prevailed on the Syndic that he gave consent, and bade all the children, lass and lad, babe and prattler, come to the square for their games as they used to do.
From A Child's Book of Saints by T. H. (Thomas Heath) Robinson
