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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Prat(t)ler, n. [e.m.E. pratler (1567).] One who talks boastfully, overbearingly or idly. —1606 Rollock's 2 Thess. 140 (J).
He meanes of idle bodies that … are busie bodies, clauerers, and pratlers
1611-57 Mure Early Misc. P. vii heading.
Ane reproch to the pratler. Enviouse wretch [etc.]

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