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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†TRITTLE-TRATTLE, n. comb. In pl.: nick-nacks, cheap, tawdry articles.Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man ii.:
At the fair I had spent all my silver, buying of trittle-trattles at the lucky-booths and about the market-stalls.

[O.Sc. trittlyl-trattyll, nonsense!, 1529, foolish talk, 1563, redupl. form from Trattle. The extension of meaning is prob. due to confusion with trinkum-trankum s.v. Trinkum, and Trantle.]

Trittle-trattle n. comb.

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