twittle-twattle

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English

Etymology

See twattle.

Noun

twittle-twattle (plural twittle-twattles)

(archaic) Frivolous chatter or gossip; gabble, tattle.
Synonym: (obsolete) twit-twat
- 1667, Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, “(please specify the page)”, in R L[’Estrange], transl., The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, , London: H Herringman , →OCLC:
  The Gossips bawdy twittle twattle, / The Nurse and Midwife's prittle prattles / That must be very Welcome made
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References

“twittle-twattle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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