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† ˈtwittle-ˌtwattle Obs.
Also 6 twitle twattle, twitell-twaytel.
[app. altered from tittle-tattle: see twattle n.1]
Idle talk, tittle-tattle. Also attrib.
1556Olde Antichrist 7 b, Suche a kynde of religioun, as hath more twitle twattle toyes in it, then the Leuitical lawe. 1565Abp. Parker Corr. (Parker Soc.) 237 My lord of Leicester, they say, shall move..the Queen's Majesty,..and Mr. Cole is now at the Court.., which will overthrow all this attempt: and such twitell-twaytel there is much. a1578W. Roper Life Sir T. More (1729) 89 She..not likinge suche talke, answered, twittle, twattle, twittle, twattle. 1668R. L'Estrange Vis. Quev. (1708) 244 The squalling of the Child, and the Twittle-Twattle-Gossipings of the Nurse and Midwife. 1719D'Urfey Pills III. 250 Leave your twittle twattle. |