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tattle

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tattle/ˈtatl/

▶noun gossip; idle talk. ▶verb engage in tattle.

■ chiefly N. Amer. report another's wrongdoing.

– derivatives
tattler noun.

– origin C15: from Mid. Flemish tatelen, tateren, of imitative origin.

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