prittle-prattle
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of prittle-prattle
C16: reduplication of prattle
Example Sentences
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Prittle-prattle, prit′l-prat′l, n. empty talk.
From Project Gutenberg
So giving both Ganymede and Aliena a gentle good-night, he resorted to his lodge, leaving Aliena and Ganymede to their prittle-prattle.
From Project Gutenberg
And who can tell but that their tattling would last a whole night, for there's hardly one of them who hath not at the least a hundred in their Budgets; but because it is high time that either the Dry or Wet-Nurse must go to swathe the child, they begin to break off and shorten their prittle-prattle.
From Project Gutenberg
To what numberless mean things did not this unmanly passion subject me!—I used to watch for her letters, though mere prittle-prattle and chit-chat, received them with delight, though myself was accused in them, and stigmatized as I deserved.
From Project Gutenberg
As their noisome prittle-prattle faded into the distance, Habrunt felt the danger pass.
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