rattle-brain

Another madman, was my conclusion; and yet I was quickly compelled to modify it, for, thinking to play with a rattle-brain, I asked him what were the books up to half a hundredweight he carried, and what were the writers he preferred.

CHAPTER XIV 2010

A poet is no rattle-brain, saying what comes uppermost, and, because he says every thing, saying at last something good; but a heart in unison with his time and country.

Representative Men 2006

Jack's brain was certainly of a harum-scarum order, such as is not often found -- he was a creature of whim and impulse -- he was a rattle-brain, a scatter-brain

The Lady of the Ice A Novel James De Mille

Another madman, was my conclusion; and yet I was quickly compelled to modify it, for, thinking to play with a rattle-brain, I asked him what were the books up to half a hundredweight he carried, and what were the writers he preferred.

Chapter 14 1914

Then there was that rattle-brain Mr. T-t who, commencing one subject, never ceased speaking until he had touched on all.

A Confederate girl's diary, 1913

Fortunately for me, the jay had found some excitement to keep his rattle-brain busy for a moment.

Secret of the Woods William Joseph Long 1909

And she began to play a rakish little air which, composed by some rattle-brain at a cafe table, had lately skipped out of the Moulin

The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907

And she began to play a rakish little air which, composed by some rattle-brain at a café table, had lately skipped out of the Moulin Rouge to disport itself over Paris.

The Conquest of Canaan 1905

He is a man of honour, but a rattle-brain (Er ist ein Ehrenmann, aber ein Rappelkopf).

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903

He's a very good fellow, but a rattle-brain -- tells everything he knows.

Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley 1901