tale-bearer

  • 31tattletale — /ˈtætlteɪl/ (say tatltayl) noun 1. → tale bearer. –adjective 2. telltale; revealing …

  • 32tittle-tattle — /ˈtɪtl tætl / (say titl tatl) noun 1. gossip; telltale. –verb (i) (tittle tattled, tittle tattling) 2. to reveal private or confidential matters in idle gossip; act as a tale bearer. {varied reduplication of tattle} –tittle tattler, noun …

  • 33telltale — A tale bearer. A gossip. A series of strips, usually of leather, hung above a railroad track for the purpose of warning a trainman on top of a car of a bridge or other instrumentality having a structure over the tracks so low as to strike the… …

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  • 34twit — Ⅰ. twit [1] ► NOUN informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ a silly or foolish person. DERIVATIVES twittish adjective. ORIGIN originally dialect in the sense «tale bearer». Ⅱ. twit [2] …

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  • 35twittish — Ⅰ. twit [1] ► NOUN informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ a silly or foolish person. DERIVATIVES twittish adjective. ORIGIN originally dialect in the sense «tale bearer». Ⅱ. twit [2] …

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  • 36carrytale — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : gossip, talebearer * * * carrˈytale noun (Shakespeare) A tale bearer • • • Main Entry: ↑carry …

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  • 37mumble-news — mumˈble news noun (Shakespeare) A tale bearer • • • Main Entry: ↑mumble …

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  • 38SLANDER — The only instance of defamation in biblical law for which a penalty is prescribed is that of the virgin (Deut. 22:19) – and that defamation is in the nature of a matrimonial stratagem (cf. Deut. 22:16–17) rather than of a specifically defamatory… …

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  • 39Mick Foley — Ring name(s) Mick Foley[1][2] Jack Foley …

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  • 40Mary Martha Sherwood — Born 6 May 1775(1775 05 06) Stanford on Teme, Worcestershire, England Died …

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