What does pittle-pattle mean?
Pittle-pattle means (intransitive, archaic) To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle..
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(intransitive, archaic) To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle..
The world and the devil hath so bewitched us, that we in our deeds, I fear me, too many of us, deny God to be God, whatsoever we pittle-pattle with our tongues.
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Pittle-pattle means (intransitive, archaic) To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle..
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The world and the devil hath so bewitched us, that we in our deeds, I fear me, too many of us, deny God to be God, whatsoever we pittle-pattle with our tongues.
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