rattler
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See also: Rattler
English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
rattler (plural rattlers)
- Anything that rattles.
- (chiefly US, informal) A rattlesnake.
- A freight train or, (chiefly Britain), a passenger train.
- (colloquial) Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.
- (colloquial, dated) A loud, inconsiderate talker.
- (colloquial, dated) A stunning blow.
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Montgomery and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), Five-Skull Island And Other Tales of the Malay Archipelago
- […] laid handsomely out with such a rattler on the nose as nobody could have expected from a casky little man of five-feet-nothing.
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Montgomery and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?), Five-Skull Island And Other Tales of the Malay Archipelago
- (colloquial, dated) An impudent lie; a whopper.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
rattlesnake — see rattlesnake
freight train
something which rattles
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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