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单词 lab of the tongue
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lab of the tongue
2. A blabbermouth; a telltale. Also more fully lab of the tongue.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > one who or that which discloses or reveals > secrets
labc1405
blabber1557
telltale1595
divulger1606
sievea1616
confider1648
betrayer1738
blabbermouth1936
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 323 I nam no labbe And thogh I seye I nam nat lief to gabbe.
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 300 Prouerbes kanst þy selue y-nowe..A-yens þat vice for to ben a labbe Al seyde men soth as often as þe[y] gabbe.
c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) l. 542 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 159 I neuere was yit of my tonge a labbe.
a1500 in Retrosp. Rev. (1854) 2 309 Labbe hyt whyste, and owt yt muste.
1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 3 Ees ded'nt thenk tha had'st a be' zitch a Labb o' tha Tongue.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Lab, a tittle-tattle; a blab. Also called a lab-o-the-tongue. West.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) I 'sure you he's a rigler, proper lab.
1982 B. G. Charles Eng. Dial. S. Pembrokeshire 31 Lab, ‘gossip, a tittle-tattler’.
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