| 单词 | street gossip |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstreet gossip street gossip n. (a) a person who gossips in the street; (b) gossip exchanged or passed on in the streets. ΚΠ 1843 Times 3 Oct. 5 The most determined street-gossips fairly ran away, thinking that all the artillery in Madrid was thundering around them. 1861 Times 13 Sept. 9 Idle stories and erroneous statements of encounters and battles, the offspring of the street gossip in the capital. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. xx. 240 She raged that she, who had been slim and light-footed, should have to lean on a stick, and be heartily commented upon by street gossips. 1964 Spectator 28 Feb. 270 Its education comes from street gossip and the exhortations of radio editorialists. 2002 Hist. Religions 41 315 Rapid-fire exchanges of street gossip. < as lemmas |
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