rat|tle|box

rat|tle|box
rat|tle|box «RAT uhl BOKS», noun.
1. a boxlike toy for making a rattling sound; rattle.
2. any one of various plants of the pea family whose ripened seeds rattle in the inflated pod.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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