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rattlepate

American  
[rat-l-payt] / ˈræt lˌpeɪt /

noun

  1. a rattlebrain.


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Etymology

Origin of rattlepate

First recorded in 1635–45; rattle 1 + pate


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I know I'm a rattlepate, but that's what I'm going to do.

From The Wrong Twin by Harry Leon Wilson

"The place seems suggestive of fancies to you?" we observed in reply to the rattlepate.

From The Man In The Reservoir by Charles Fenno Hoffman

They danced, and Patricia was still the rattlepate.

From The Wrong Twin by Harry Leon Wilson

She was unquestionably what she had confessed herself to be—a rattlepate.

From The Wrong Twin by Harry Leon Wilson

Countess--This rattlepate Figaro, without my sanction-- Count--He did it, eh! and Basilio pretended that a peasant brought it.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Hamilton Wright Mabie

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