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patter

[pat-er] / ˈpæt ər /




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She should co-present every award just to shut down the patter when it gets annoying.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

The organisation's chief executive, wing commander Ian Cumming, said he would never forget Lamond's "cheeky patter".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

It is tiresome to hear servers deliver endless preplanned patter at the table, says Milioulis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Mr. Brady pulled off Don Profondo’s patter song “Medaglie incomparabili,” a tongue-twisting list of precious objects, as an auctioneer’s spiel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

In the daytime, the girl was no more than a creaking bedspring, a patter of footsteps overhead.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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