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countable and uncountable, plural blatherskites
A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer. quotations examples
Babbitt was frightened, but he had an agonized instinct that if he yielded in this he would yield in everything. He protested: “You're exaggerating, Colonel. I believe in being broad-minded and liberal, but, of course, I'm just as much agin the cranks and blatherskites and labor unions and so on as you are. […] ”
1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 32, in Babbitt
A worthless fellow; a deadbeat. examples
Nonsense or blather; empty talk. examples