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Definition of Prattling
1. prattle [v] - See also: prattle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prattling
Literary usage of Prattling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vicar of Wakefield: Der Landprediger Von Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"Our little habitation was situated at the foot of a sloping hill, sheltered with
a beautiful underwood behind, and prattling river before; ..."
2. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch, John Aikin (1811)
"The modest eye, whose beams on his alone Ecstatic shine ; the little strong
embrace Of prattling children, twined around his neck, And emulous to please him ..."
3. Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr (late Vice President of the by Harman Blennerhassett, Israel Smith, David Robertson (1808)
"... the gentleman has gravely introduced his lovely wife and prattling children,
his hatred of war, his love of music, of literature and chemistry, ..."
4. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (1824)
"l. religion is a new religion, preaching is but prattling, and prayer once a day
is more edifying. 1 Haw. 7. Provided, that no person shall be prosecuted by ..."
5. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1825)
"... respect the matter; changelings, if you respect the kind ; sometimes creating
pleasure, sometimes tediousness, with their overmuch prattling. ..."
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