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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“I don’t know what I think,” said Ruth exasperated at the little prattler.
From The Search by Grace Livingston Hill
A precious babe of seventeen months, a sweet prattler of three years, and another of five, were called to leave this world and grow up with the angels in heaven.
From The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories by American Sunday School Union
Years seemed to have sunk down upon him since he was last seen—so lately that the youngest prattler in the Cap had not ceased to talk of the day.
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Harriet Martineau
Such an opening as the sweet prattler had given me it was impossible to overlook.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
She found the first a prattler, and could not perceive any merit in the second.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
