prattle

• She had a delicious voice, and her prattle was the most soothing thing conceivable. —  THE ISLAND OF SHEEP
• Politeness is a very good thing in moderation, but not if carried too far Skeat traces the word "flippant" back through "flip" and the old Northumbrian present participle ending "an" to the Icelandic "fleipa," which means to prattle--I found this out in a dictionary and copied it down for Lalage. —  Lalage's Lovers
• I should have chang'd my Eternal Buff too: but no matter, my little Gipsy wou'd not have found me out then: for if she should change hers, it is impossible I should know her, unless I should hear her prattle-- A Pox on't, I cannot get her out of my Head: Pray Heaven, if ever I do see her again, she prove damnable ugly, that I may fortify my self against her Tongue Belv. —  The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I
• Stopping short in her prattle, and looking at her friend, she exclaimed with concern: "What's the matter, are you sick? —  The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life
• Freddie had had a trying evening What he wanted just now was merry prattle, and his friend did not seem disposed to contribute his share. —  Jill the Reckless

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