Gossipry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy. countable, uncountable

    "nor for popish orders , nor yet for any gossipry"

  2. 2
    Idle talk; gossip. countable, uncountable

    ", Chapter V [S]uch acts As I thought just, my wife called cruelty, Complained of in due form, — convoked no court Of common gossipry, but took her wrongs […]"

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banterchitchatgossipidle talkscuttlebuttstory

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"nor for popish orders , nor yet for any gossipry"

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