Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Prattle

Prattled like a babbling brook.
—Charles Stuart Calverley

Prattle like a magpie.
—William Congreve

Prattlers, like swallows, destroy the pleasure of conversation by incessant loquacity.
—Demophilus

Prattles like a child at play.
—Coventry Patmore