twittle-twattle

English

Etymology

See twattle.

Noun

twittle-twattle (plural twittle-twattles)

(archaic) tattle; gabble
- c. 1702, Roger L'Estrange, The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo:
  The Gossips bawdy twittle twattle,
  The Nurse and Midwife's prittle prattles
  That must be very Welcome made
(Can we find and add a quotation of Duffett to this entry?)

References

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

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