10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRATTLEMENT»
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prattlement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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XIV. SONS. OF. PRATTLEMENT. In the light of the breaking dawn, the two high
towers of Fleet Prison grew like tall oaks from the mud of the dirty street, rising
through the dank smog and into a crisp, clear sky above. The six o'clock watch ...
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Members of the Gregorian Mission
... MichaelTinkler, Mike Christie, Minesweeper, Mkmcconn, Mr pand,
Neddyseagoon, Nevilley, Ngckmax, Oliver Chettle, PVI HS, Pastordavid,
Plastikspork, Pluke, Pmanderson, Pollinator, Possum, Prattlement, ProudPapa5,
Ptolemy Caesarion, ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Orig. a children's term; I heard it ca. 1905. son. In such phrases as son of Apollo,
a scholar (late C.17—mid-19), son of Mars, a soldier (C.16-19), son of Mercury, a
wit (id), son of parchment (id.: B.E., by a slip, has parclement), son of prattlement
...
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A Vocabulary of English Rhymes Arranged on a New Plan
273] platitude trhatany t satirist be atitude tsatiny in gratitude battery fratricide
flattery latitudes matricide mattery [Stltud, above] patricide spattery battlement
fratricides scattering, &c. prattlement [ittrfsld, above] [Stur, p. 273] [itl & meant?] ...
Povilas. Pras. Prattlement. PrestonH. Prino. Prolog. Proofreader77.
Protarchaeopteryx-chan. Pruneau. Purpleturple. Pylambert. Qertis. Quibik.
Quinsareth. Quintote. Quizimodo (usurped). RHB. RJ CG. Raapje. Radeksz.
Radon210, Raelcohen.
... poems of similar character, has shown also that pastorals may be written which
shall be wholly free from “the childish prattlement," as Cowper termed it, of these
compositions, as produced by Shenstone, Cunningham, and other rhymesters.
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The variations of Popery
Irenajus, trusting to the prattlement of Papias or to common report, recorded the
tradition ; and was afterwards followed by Tertullian, Hippolytus, Origen, Cyprian,
Epiphanius, Athan- asius, Ephraim, Lactantius, Jerome, Chrysostom, Arnobius, ...
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The Gentleman's Magazine
The elegant simlicity and delicate maidenism of the pretty R'liriam Grey, whose
very prattlement abounds with wisdom and grace; the arch wit of Peregrine White
, a character admirably supported; the cant of the Puritans and their uncharitable
...
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A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. By Francis Grose
A piece of tallow candle. SoLFA. A parish clerk. SoLo PLAYER. A miserable
performer on any instrument, who always plays alone, because no one will stay
in the room to hear him. , SoLoMoN. Themass. Cam. Son or PRATTLEMENT.
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal
... of himself and Madame de Recamier's handkerchief. Erskine a few good
stories of himself only. ' March 10th. Thor's day. On Tuesday dined with Rogers,
Mackintosh, Sheridan, Sharpe. Much talk and good, all except my own little
prattlement ...
Sydney Smith, Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Macvey Napier, 1856
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRATTLEMENT»
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Christie 'S.O.B.' Epithet Joins Verbal Attacks That Boost Image
They include “son of prattlement,” for a lawyer and the familiar “son of a gun,” which the “Dictionary of Slang, Jargon and Cant” from 1897 labels ... «Bloomberg, Jun 12»
