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#* 1848, Charles Fenno Hoffman, "[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Greatest_Short_Stories_(P._F._Collier_%26_Son)/Volume_1/The_Man_in_the_Reservoir The Man in the Reservoir]", ''Greatest Short Stories'', Volume 1, P. F. Collier & Son (1915), [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Greatest_Short_Stories_(1915).djvu/127 page 124]: | #* 1848, Charles Fenno Hoffman, "[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Greatest_Short_Stories_(P._F._Collier_%26_Son)/Volume_1/The_Man_in_the_Reservoir The Man in the Reservoir]", ''Greatest Short Stories'', Volume 1, P. F. Collier & Son (1915), [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Greatest_Short_Stories_(1915).djvu/127 page 124]: | ||
#*: "The place seems suggestive of fancies to you?" we observed in reply to the '''rattlepate'''. | #*: "The place seems suggestive of fancies to you?" we observed in reply to the '''rattlepate'''. | ||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
* [https://archive.org/details/websters1913dict00websrich Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)] | * [https://archive.org/details/websters1913dict00websrich Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)] | ||
Revision as of 23:04, 21 March 2026
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
rattlepate (plural rattlepates)
- Archaic. A chatterbox; someone who talks a lot.
- A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman.
- 1848, Charles Fenno Hoffman, "The Man in the Reservoir", Greatest Short Stories, Volume 1, P. F. Collier & Son (1915), page 124:
- "The place seems suggestive of fancies to you?" we observed in reply to the rattlepate.
- 1848, Charles Fenno Hoffman, "The Man in the Reservoir", Greatest Short Stories, Volume 1, P. F. Collier & Son (1915), page 124: