Tattle is prate. (Dutch tateren, Italian, tatta-méla.) Tittle is little, same as tit in titmouse, little tit, tit-bit.
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“Pish! Why do I spend my time in tittle-tattle?”
Otway: Cheats of Scapin, i. 1.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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