Twittle-twattle, which in his day combined the senses now expressed by twaddle and tittle-tattle, is a 'vile word.'. From Wordnik.com. [On Dictionaries] Reference
Of course, I just took it because I didn't want to be called a tattle tale and get harassed even more. From Wordnik.com. [general erections] Reference
When they "tattle" about a hurt, a teacher might say. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He did not wish to "tattle" on anybody, and, besides, not having a forward nature, he shrank from the exposure. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Dare's Venture] Reference
I don't recommend it, even if avoiding it means that someone might "tattle" about seeing you in a public space. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Campus] Reference
I wanted to "tattle" on them to their mother for their inappropriate behavior or waggle my finger at them and say, "Shame on you. From Wordnik.com. [Jenny Block: Look Out, Your Hate is Showing: Homophobia is Alive and Well] Reference
When I find that a part of their stock tittle-tattle. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891] Reference
Talk, talk, talk; I will listen no more to such tattle!. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Autumn, make Winter his executor, with tittle-tattle Tom-boy. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of English Drama] Reference
This, the high office of tittle-tattle, is what we have in our eye. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
"But," added Old Klaws, "they don't tattle as much as they did before.". From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends] Reference
"And now there's all this wretched tittle-tattle about you!" chafed Lady. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
I had begun slowly to learn from Paula's example not to be a "tattle-tale.". From Wordnik.com. [Paula the Waldensian] Reference
The girls disliked her as real girls always dislike a sneak and tattle-tale. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion] Reference
Ah, I see well that what has made him so notorious was only idle tittle-tattle. From Wordnik.com. [King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth] Reference
His high and mightiness had the whole story of the accident from some tattle-tale. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
His master often rewarded him for particularly choice morsels of loose tittle-tattle. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
How much has she not owed of late to the tittle-tattle of her gillflirt sister Thalia?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference
HUCKABEE: As the tattle tale in the third grade, let me tell you what this guy's doing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2007] Reference
The pup would promise not to tattle, but he was only a dog, and blood will tell after all. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends] Reference
He thought he would get so far away that the dog could not go back to the village and tattle. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends] Reference
Elizabeth was not a woman to tattle, and the "old woman" Hepsie had referred to was his mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
So it passed; but a busybody carried this, with other tattle, to Mr Swift, who questioned me also. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
"tattle-tale, tattle-tale!" mocked the throng, and another handful of rocks flew up among the branches. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
"The tittle-tattle in these twopenny-halfpenny villages is almost past believing!" he exclaimed angrily. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
Then, hardly anyone ever saw her (which in itself was an offence, and the cause of still further tattle). From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
Some said it was tittle tattle, others that it was speculation, a few dared to suggest that it was fabrication. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair's A Journey memoir released – live blog] Reference
"I'll niver be makin 'Tim's b'ys weak-spirited by lettin' 'em tittle-tattle of what can't be helped," she thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
I made no effort to cover the sting operation; nothing mattered but the aha! moment and the tattle-tale it would deliver. From Wordnik.com. [Bait] Reference
He seems perfectly fine with canning the little twerp, but thinks that Peggy will look like a tattle-tale if he steps in. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men : "The Summer Man" Is Clearing His Head] Reference
Had he been in Hampton a little longer, he would have added: gossip and tittle-tattle, small-mindedness and silly vanity. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
On the other hand, many people think of these "black boxes" as unwelcome tattle-tales or at the least an invasion of privacy. From Wordnik.com. [Black boxes, crash investigations, and your privacy] Reference
Impossibly beautiful robo-babes of the future serve up handfuls of excitable transfer tittle-tattle even when there is no news. From Wordnik.com. [Is there ever no sports news on Sky?] Reference
And don't expect me to go after my favorite Top Cat by giving the media any of the tittle-tattle behind our torrid love match. From Wordnik.com. [My Affair With Tiger] Reference
Now I have given you the true account of all, so that you can safely put down all slanderers 'gossip and tittle-tattle on the subject. From Wordnik.com. [Working in the Shade Lowly Sowing brings Glorious Reaping] Reference
Nelly Bolivar was "a good-for-nothing, common tattle-tale and the whole school probably knew all about her elopement already," etc., etc. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart at School] Reference
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