Usage of "be a rattle"

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Usage of be a rattle in English

Tell her on the way out, for I expect there will be a rattle of musketry as soon as the dimity brigade hears the circumstances. 
 Andrew the Glad 

There was a rattle of loose couplings, and the train jerked forward. 
 Tom of the Raiders 

A minute later the front door shut, and there was a rattle. 
 The Head of Kay's 

There was a rattle of chains from the cramped cave behind him. 
 Embrace the darkness 

There was a rattle of dishes through which her voice rose impatiently. 
 The Bent Twig 

There was a rattle of guns; the soldiers were presenting arms. 
 Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel 

There is a rattle, which shows that one of them is very young. 
 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Ho... 

But he heard nothing: there was a rattle in his throat. 
 Four Short Stories By Emile Zola 

There was a rattle of nervous laughter under the low train-shed. 
 The Beautiful and Damned 

The house was a rattle trap, plastering off, and a regular bed-bug nest. 
 The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation 

There is a rattle of bolts, and a dozen barrels are pointed heavenwards. 
 The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ... 

There was a rattle of chains as he sprang at Radwinter. 
 Sovereign 

I have a baby who thinks my nose is a rattle. 
 Before you know kindness 

There was a rattle of fire from inside the building. 
 Aspho Fields 

There was a rattle at the door, and he heard Che start up suddenly. 
 Empire in black and gold 

There was a rattle as of castanets outside the door. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 

Meanings of be a rattle in English