twattle
Britishnoun
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The author of Martin's Month's Mind, in 1587, refers to "twittle twattle that I learned in ale-houses and at the Theatre of Lanam and his fellowes."
From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Acheson, Arthur
How much brainless twattle do they contain, amid a few grains of wit and humor.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Twittle twattle, Mr. Congleton; the one may be avoided, the other not.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
Then, having presented to him the leaves of the sycamore, they show him the short and twattle verses that were written in them.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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