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单词 tell-pie-tit
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tell-pie-tit
tell-pie n.
Brit. /ˈtɛlpʌɪ/
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U.S. /ˈtɛlˌpaɪ/
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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).
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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!
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