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Origin and Etymology of trattle
Middle English (Scots) tratlen
trattle
Definition of trattle
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dialectal, England
: a pellet or dropping of any of various animals (as sheep or rabbits) —usually used in plural
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Origin and Etymology of trattle
earlier tretle, probably alteration of obsolete English dialect treddle, from Middle English tredel, tyrdyl, from Old English tyrdel, diminutive of tord turd
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