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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1540, 1688-1689
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Clitter-clatter, n. [e.m.E. (1578); also clytter and clatter as verbs (a 1528).] Clattering noise or talk. — 1540 Lynd. Sat. 616.
Was nevir sene sic wind and rane, Nor of schipmen sic clitter clatter 1540 Ib. 4012.
Speid hand, man, with thy clitter clatter a1689 Cleland Poems 103.
Upstart another … And said, my Lord, shall all your while Be spent in idle clitter-clatter?
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