| The screw steamer Rattler beat the otherwise identical paddle steamer Alecto. |
| Ben Franklin gave his own surmise as to the aptness of the rattler as a symbol. |
| The university veterinary surgeons who frequently prepare animals for experiments gave the rattler an implant of a little plastic loop. |
| The Scotrail rattler was full of malodorous delegates and there was no First Class and no dining car. |
| His other hand was no carved snake, it was a living rattler, moving as if on its own, tasting the air and searching for prey. |
| The air conditioner was an old window rattler that continuously clunked, banged and leaked water everywhere. |
