Definition of Rattletraps

1. Noun. (plural of rattletrap) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rattletraps

1. rattletrap [n] - See also: rattletrap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattletraps

rattlepates
rattler
rattlers
rattles
rattlesnake's master
rattlesnake bite
rattlesnake fern
rattlesnake master
rattlesnake orchid
rattlesnake plantain
rattlesnake root
rattlesnake weed
rattlesnakes
rattletrap
rattletraps (current term)
rattleweed
rattleweeds
rattlewings
rattlewort
rattlier
rattliest
rattlin
rattline
rattlines
rattling
rattling(a)
rattlingly
rattlings
rattlins

Literary usage of Rattletraps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"rattletraps, sb. A common term for small movable articles. ' Shift your rattletraps.' Sometimes spoken of worthless articles. Raum, vn To reach awkwardly, ..."

2. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"rattletraps, sb. A common term for small movable articles. ' Shift your rattletraps.' Sometimes spoken of worthless articles. Raum, vn To reach awkwardly, ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"... and who acquired an idea of the rattletraps and rigging of a ship through the famous illustrations which adorn the pages of Darcy Lever. ..."

4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1838)
"All this is his own choice, otherwise I would have sold the books and rattletraps. I have made provisions for clearing my estate by my publications, ..."

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