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noun
Synonym of twittle-twattle (“frivolous chatter or gossip; gabble, tattle”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: twittle-twattle
Antonyms: none provided
History
Possibly a clipping of twittle-twattle, influenced by twit (“(obsolete except Britain, dialectal) to be indiscreet, to gossip”).
