trittle-trattle

Noun

trittle trattle (plural trittle trattles)

1. (dialectal, obsolete, slang) Nonsense; foolish talk, idle chatter, or meaningless trifle.
   • Your wife is now well at Penshurst; the small-pox hath but kissed her face. Post-script.—I pray leave your “trittle trattle trollilollies and come to us.”1628/1897, Hamilton, William Douglas, Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles I, 1628 - 1629 Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office....

   Synonyms:

   drivel

2. (dialectal, obsolete, slang) Cheap, tawdry trinkets or nick-nacks; worthless small items one might buy at a market.
   • At the fair I had spent all my silver, buying of trittle-trattles at the lucky-booths and about the market-stalls.1896, Crockett Grey Man, Kcb.

   Synonyms:

   trinkum-trankum