2. Noun. Idle chatter. ¹
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Definition of Nattering
1. natter [v] - See also: natter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nattering
Literary usage of Nattering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... being overcome by the nattering speech of Thais, promiseth to дав aside for
the space of two ..."
2. Curiosities of the Law Reporters by Franklin Fiske Heard (1871)
"... office so unduly commended, in language so extravagantly nattering, by the
Lord Chief Justice. It has been well said that Shakespeare's picture. ..."
3. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry: From the Year by Mary Berry (1865)
"Miss Berry had taken a very kind and nattering interest in the ' Lives from the
Clarendon Gallery' (published 1852), and the Editor had reason to believe ..."
4. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"To this nattering distinction, which Dr. Burney always recognized with pleasure,
the public owe the engraving of Bartolozzi, ..."
5. The Life of Thomas Paine: Author of Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of by Thomas Clio Rickman (1819)
"... memoirs will have an opposite bias, and pou tray too nattering and exalted a
character of him. To this I reply, that I am not disposed to advocate the ..."
6. The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and by William Russell (1801)
"... not a little nattering to the pride of the Persian monarch. The conquest of
Macedonia, a kingdom which was one day to give law to Greece, ..."
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