† prattle-boxn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prattle n., box n.²

Etymology: < prattle n. + box n.² Compare earlier prattle-basket n. and later chatterbox n.

Obsolete.

(A humorous name for) a prattler or chatterer; a chatterbox.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person

chaterestrea1250

jangler1303

babbler1366

blabbererc1375

jangleressc1386

talkerc1386

clatterer1388

cacklera1400

languager1436

carperc1440

mamblerc1450

praterc1500

jackdaw?1520

chewet1546

flibbertigibbet1549

clatterfart1552

patterer1552

piec1557

long tongue?1562

prattler1567

piet1574

twattler1577

brawler1581

nimble-chops1581

pratepie1582

roita1585

whittera1585

full-mouth1589

interprater1591

chatterer1592

pianet1594

bablatrice1595

parakeet1598

Bow-bell cockney1600

prattle-basket1602

bagpipe1603

worder1606

babliaminy1608

chougha1616

gabbler1624

blatterer1627

magpie1632

prate-apace1636

rattlea1637

clack1640

blateroon1647

overtalker1654

prate-roast1671

prattle-box1671

babelard1678

twattle-basket1688

mouth1699

tongue-pad1699

chatterista1704

rattler1709

morologist1727

chatterbox1774

palaverer1788

gabber1792

whitter-whatter1805

slangwhanger1807

nash-gab1816

pump1823

windbag1827

big mouth1834

gasbag1841

chattermag1844

tattle-monger1848

rattletrap1850

gasser1855

mouth almighty1864

clucker1869

talky-talky1869

gabster1870

loudmouth1870

tonguester1871

palaverista1873

mag1876

jawsmith1887

spieler1894

twitterer1895

yabbler1901

wordster1904

poofter1916

blatherer1920

ear-bender1922

burbler1923

woofer1934

ear-basher1944

motormouth1955

yacker1960

yammerer1978

jay-

1671 J. Glanvill Further Discov. Stubbe 2 Gross Ignoramusses, Illiterate Fools, Prattle-boxes, Catch-Dotterels,..Tories, Cheats, and poor Devils.

1696 J. Locke in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) II. xv. 455 A very ill sign in a prattle-box of your age.

1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. ii. 13 At last, the old Prattlebox having made a short Pause to recover Breath..; Mr. Peter, says she, you look as if you did not know poor Patty.

1779 ‘Peeping Tim’ Honest London Spy 77 He was usually distinguished in his new employment by some nickname or title, such as Alderman Snarl, Captain Rusty, Sir John Tunbelly, Colonel Gruff, Dr. Grunt, &c. being looked on as an old cracked fiddle, fit for every merry prattle-box to play upon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	prattle-box
释义	† prattle-boxn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: prattle n., box n.² Etymology: < prattle n. + box n.² Compare earlier prattle-basket n. and later chatterbox n. Obsolete. (A humorous name for) a prattler or chatterer; a chatterbox. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person chaterestrea1250 jangler1303 babbler1366 blabbererc1375 jangleressc1386 talkerc1386 clatterer1388 cacklera1400 languager1436 carperc1440 mamblerc1450 praterc1500 jackdaw?1520 chewet1546 flibbertigibbet1549 clatterfart1552 patterer1552 piec1557 long tongue?1562 prattler1567 piet1574 twattler1577 brawler1581 nimble-chops1581 pratepie1582 roita1585 whittera1585 full-mouth1589 interprater1591 chatterer1592 pianet1594 bablatrice1595 parakeet1598 Bow-bell cockney1600 prattle-basket1602 bagpipe1603 worder1606 babliaminy1608 chougha1616 gabbler1624 blatterer1627 magpie1632 prate-apace1636 rattlea1637 clack1640 blateroon1647 overtalker1654 prate-roast1671 prattle-box1671 babelard1678 twattle-basket1688 mouth1699 tongue-pad1699 chatterista1704 rattler1709 morologist1727 chatterbox1774 palaverer1788 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 slangwhanger1807 nash-gab1816 pump1823 windbag1827 big mouth1834 gasbag1841 chattermag1844 tattle-monger1848 rattletrap1850 gasser1855 mouth almighty1864 clucker1869 talky-talky1869 gabster1870 loudmouth1870 tonguester1871 palaverista1873 mag1876 jawsmith1887 spieler1894 twitterer1895 yabbler1901 wordster1904 poofter1916 blatherer1920 ear-bender1922 burbler1923 woofer1934 ear-basher1944 motormouth1955 yacker1960 yammerer1978 jay- 1671 J. Glanvill Further Discov. Stubbe 2 Gross Ignoramusses, Illiterate Fools, Prattle-boxes, Catch-Dotterels,..Tories, Cheats, and poor Devils. 1696 J. Locke in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) II. xv. 455 A very ill sign in a prattle-box of your age. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. ii. 13 At last, the old Prattlebox having made a short Pause to recover Breath..; Mr. Peter, says she, you look as if you did not know poor Patty. 1779 ‘Peeping Tim’ Honest London Spy 77 He was usually distinguished in his new employment by some nickname or title, such as Alderman Snarl, Captain Rusty, Sir John Tunbelly, Colonel Gruff, Dr. Grunt, &c. being looked on as an old cracked fiddle, fit for every merry prattle-box to play upon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1671
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