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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: From the sound made when talking quickly

natter

1 verb
     
nat‧ter1 [intransitive] British English informal
to talk for a long time about unimportant things [= chat]
natter to/with
Sometimes she would pick up the telephone and natter to Charles.
natter about
Lynne's been nattering on about the wedding for weeks.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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