clattersome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From clatter +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

clattersome (comparative more clattersome, superlative most clattersome)

  1. Marked by clattering
    • 2010, Maggie MacKeever, Dulcie Bligh:
      Through congested streets she scurried, taking notice of neither mettlesome horses nor startled pedestrians, oblivious to the clattersome danger of iron hoofs and wheels.
    • 2011, Kathie Bergquist, Windy City Queer:
      [...] and if the dead in their still and snowbound village glare with longing at this clattersome train, it's because in every season the breath of eros sparks the best and most dangerous weather.
    • 2014, Doris Grumbach, The Ladies:
      Our valley w d be overrun with London Dublin travellers who will not stop here to view the beauties that are here but will race through on fast and clattersome horses and chaises.

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