The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue dates from 1811 and this is probably the only full, uncensored and searchable version of this dictionary on the internet. All the original crudities have been restored and it offers an interesting perspective on Common English from the time of the Regency and Jane Austen.

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Entries releated to RATTLE

 

BANG UP		Quite the thing, hellish fine. Well done. Compleat. Dashing. In a handsome stile. A bang up cove; a dashing fellow who spends his money freely. To bang up prime: to bring your horses up in a dashing or fine style: as the swell's rattler and prads are bang up prime; the gentleman sports an elegant carriage and fine horses.
CANDLESTICKS		Bad, small, or untunable bells. Hark! how the candlesticks rattle.
ELBOW SHAKER		A gamester, one who rattles Saint Hugh's bones, i.e. the dice.
PRATTLE BROTH		Tea. See CHATTER BROTH, SCANDAL BROTH, etc.
PRITTLE PRATTLE		Insignificant talk: generally applied to women and children.
RATTLE		A dice-box. To rattle; to talk without consideration, also to move off or go away. To rattle one off; to rate or scold him.
RATTLE-PATE		A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman.
RATTLE-TRAPS		A contemptuous name for any curious portable piece of machinery, or philosophical apparatus.
RATTLER		A coach. Rattle and prad; a coach and horses.
SON OF PRATTLEMENT		A lawyer.