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tratler

tratler noun: prattler, idle talker.

Noun

tratler (plural tratlers)

  1. prattler, idle talker
    • For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales;
      What tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales,
      What ſhippis are ſailing to Scalis Malis?
      And all is not worth a couple of nut ſhalis.c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
    • A tratler is worſe then a thief.1678, John Ray, A Collection of Engliſh Proverbs, page 357

Forms of tratler

pluraltratlers

Questions about tratler

What does tratler mean?
Tratler means prattler, idle talker.
What part of speech is tratler?
Tratler is a noun.
What is the plural of tratler?
The plural of tratler is tratlers.

Words near tratler in the dictionary

  1. Trasteverines
  2. trastuzumab
  3. Trasyanka
  4. trat
  5. trataka
  6. tratler
  7. tratlers
  8. trats
  9. tratt
  10. trattnerite
  11. trattoria

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