Rattle-pate (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Rattle-pate

A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Rattle * Rattle-traps

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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