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Meanings of childish prattle in English

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Usage of childish prattle in English
1
He whispered into Almayer's ear a childish prattle of many years ago.
Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River
2
In my childish prattle, I called myself Baby Minta.
Philothea: A Grecian Romance
3
They did not know that she was by, and she listened to their childish prattle.
Celibates
4
The good woman's unconsciously exerted influence-thesweet childish prattle!
Idle Ideas in 1905
5
They did not know that she was by, and she listened to their childish prattle unsuspected.
A Mere Accident
6
But this slip of a girl, with her childish prattle and aristocratic airs, was quite different.
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
7
I could listen to your childish prattle - eh - to your exploits for hours on end.
The Tarn of Eternity
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But ever and anon his childish prattle recurred to what impressed his imagination even more deeply than the wonders of creation.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
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She would join me and spend hour after hour in childish prattle with me, and her merriment and wildness knew no limits.
In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
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See if your childish prattle can drive away the ghosts that riot in these dark old corners-ghostsof a ruined and shamed life!
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
11
When she had been younger he had been wont to listen to her childish prattle for hours without showing the least sign of weariness.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
12
I heard too their pretty voices, so sweet that in the childish prattle of one and the other I seemed somehow to be listening-yes
Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1
13
The only sound was Emma's childish prattle from the nursery, and for a few minutes Anna allowed herself to enjoy a little peace and quiet.
The ice princess
14
"Well what has all this childish prattle to do with me?"
Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School / The Record of th...
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"She loved Edith dearly," she said; "but could not endure the childish prattle and frivolity of Rufus."
Eventide / A Series of Tales and Poems
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