int. and sb. Sc. rare. In 6 trittyll trattyll, -ill, -il. [Reduplication of TRATTLE sb.1, idle talk. Cf. TITTLE-TATTLE.]

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  A.  int. An exclamation expressing contempt.

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1529.  Lyndesay, Complaynt, 245. Now trittyll, trattyll, trolylow,… thow dois bot mow. Ibid. (1535), Satyre, 4366. Dil. Better bring hir to the Leitches heir. Fol. Tritill trattill! Scho may nocht steir.

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  B.  sb. (in pl.) a. Foolish or idle talk; nonsense. b. Trifles, gewgaws, knick-knacks.

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1563.  Winȝet, Wks. (S.T.S.), II. 82/15. That thow be nocht temerouslie sclanderit … be euery wane manis trittil trattilis.

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1896.  Crockett, Grey Man, ii. 13. At the fair … buying of trittle-trattles at the lucky-booths.

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