单词 | tell-pie-tit |
释义 | > as lemmastell-pie-tit tell-pie n. Brit. /ˈtɛlpʌɪ/ , U.S. /ˈtɛlˌpaɪ/ , Scottish English /ˈtɛlpaɪ/ Scottish and English regional (northern) a talebearer, a telltale (later also tell-pie-tit (cf. tell-tale-tit n. at telltale n. and adj. Compounds); see also quot. 1876).ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer rounderOE blabc1374 tale-teller1377 clatterer1388 tittlerc1400 talebearer1478 whisterer1519 whisperer1547 telltale1548 tattler1549 clatterfart1552 tale-carrier1552 babbler?1555 gossip1566 gossiper1568 carry-tale1577 mumble-news1598 twitter1598 buzzer1604 blob-talea1670 gadabout1757 tell-pie1771 circulator1792 clype1825 windjammer1880 tattle-tale1889 panta1908 clatfarta1930 1771 A. Skinn Old Maid (Dublin ed.) I. xv. 75 Tommy being prodigiously affronted with her, for being a tell-pye, as he calls it. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Tell-pye, a tell-tale. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 142/2 Tell-pie-tit..; or Tell-piet..; or Tell-pienot..; or Tell-pie... The magpie gets these various names... The first four also designate a tale-bearer. 1897 ‘S. Grand’ Beth Bk. xii. 110 If you tell secrets, you know, you're a tell-pie. ?1906 E. Botterill Woman of Wolds xxi. 213 I'd rather not be a tell-pie-tit, thank you! 1931 J. T. S. Leask Peculiar People 39 Being a ‘tellpie’ [he] ran to his father with the information. 2013 @alfa166man 2 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Shhhhhhhh don't be a tell pie tit! < as lemmas |
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