单词 | tale-piet |
释义 | > as lemmastale-piet tale-piet n. a chattering ‘magpie’; a tell-tale (dialect). ΚΠ 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 351 Teylpeyat, or Telpie, a telltale;..one who divulges secrets; spoken chiefly of children. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iv. 82 Never mind me, sir, I am no tale-pyet. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xiii A Gordon—Covenant or no Covenant—is no tale-piet. < as lemmas |
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