The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rattle-pated
Rattle-pated \Rat"tle-pat`ed\, a.
Rattle-headed. ``A noisy, rattle-pated fellow.''
--W. Irving.
Usage examples of "rattle-pated".
If I had not been such a rattle-pated fool I should have known—Well, there’s no sense in going over that now, for the mischief’s done.
If I weren’t a rattle-pated gudgeon I should have thought of it weeks ago!
Many a man, with half thou hast, would wear grand Court airs to a rattle-pated rascal like Tom Tantillion.