Carrytale

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An indiscreet person who spreads gossip.

    "'This sour informer, this bate-breeding spy, / This canker that eats up Love's tender spring, / This carrytale, dissentious Jealousy, / That sometime true news, sometime false doth bring,"

Synonyms

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blabbermouthblabbermouthgossipgossipergossipmongernewsmonger

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"'This sour informer, this bate-breeding spy, / This canker that eats up Love's tender spring, / This carrytale, dissentious Jealousy, / That sometime true news, sometime false doth bring,"

Etymology

From carry + tale.

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