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Meaning of rattlecap | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An unsteady, volatile person.

obsolete, slang

Examples

“I should write oftener but that my sister Sarah has become such a rattlecap, that she leaves me not a particle of news. Upon my word, she is the greatest talker extant. I am a perfect silence compared with her.”
“He regarded Simon with indulgent fondness, having known him from the cradle, but he knew that Simon was inclined to be a rattlecap; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Rattled rattlehead rattlemouse rattlepate rattlepod Rattler

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