as in gossiper
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
the reasons for the couple's divorce aren't terribly juicy, but they will be by the time the tale-tellers are through
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Recent Examples of tale-teller
And a tale-teller was a servant hired to put people to sleep by talking a load of rubbish to them.
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Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
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Accounts like Deux Moi spread celebrity gossip, while fan accounts and Reddit threads have become places for people to dissect and discuss.Meg Walters, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2024
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Series creator Sam Levinson has been one of Hollywood’s favorite subjects of gossip since the HBO drama premiered in 2019; there are rumors of his feuds with actors and dysfunction as a director, while many take issue with his explicit depictions of teen characters’ bodies on-screen.Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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After receiving information from this informant, authorities were able to test Gonzalez’s DNA against the Gatorade bottle and airbags in the car, when Gonzalez was arrested in an unrelated car theft investigation last April, according to court records.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Intentionally or not, this makes Cal’s conversation with Armand, his unwilling informant inside Dwight’s organization, harder to take seriously.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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Given the increasingly absurd pretexts the state is using for criminal prosecution and the resounding success of informers of all stripes, the judicial crackdown will continue to worsen.Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
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Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Tale-teller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tale-teller. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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