A source of information whose identity the speaker chooses to keep secret. Usually used playfully in little bird, as in a little bird told me. Cf…
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| 释义 | society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who > private or special (5) bird1546 A source of information whose identity the speaker chooses to keep secret. Usually used playfully in little bird, as in a little bird told me. Cf… relator1607 A person who acts as an informant for another. Obsolete. rare. a little birdie1881 a little birdie: a source of information whose identity the speaker chooses to keep secret. Frequently used playfully in a little birdie told me. Cf… tipster1884 transferred. One who furnishes ‘tips’ in general. one's spies1955 One who spies upon or watches a person or persons secretly; a secret agent whose business it is to keep a person, place, etc., under close… |
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