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long-tongued, a.
Having a ‘long tongue’; having much to say; chattering, babbling.
1553Respublica (Brandl) iii. vi. 84 A daughter eke he hath.. As vnhappie a longtounged girle as can be. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. ii. 102 Why how now long-tongu'd Warwick, dare you speak? 1602How Choose Good Wife G 3, She blusht & said that long tongu'd men would tell. 1737Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1797) 56 Lang tongu'd wives gae lang wi' bairn. 1818Scott Old Mort. vi, The foul fa' ye..for a lang-tongued wife. 1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am xii, You didn't ought to give heed to a long-tongued fellow like Jebb, a man that must be talking. |