tattletale
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Danielle Spencer, the former child star who played sassy tattletale Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
He has established a tattletale line to complain about teachers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2022
You’ve already suggested that your parents are likely to out you as the tattletale, but do you think anything will change?
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2020
You can avoid being branded a tattletale or flirt or a traitor.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2019
This wouldn’t be so bad if Mr. Dussel weren’t such a tattletale and hadn’t singled out Mother to be the recipient of his reports.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
People who come forward are called narcs, tattletales and snitches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
We live in a culture increasingly at the mercy of tattletales.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
Teachers are exceptionally good at dealing with tattletales, and I would not worry about this behavior in Zoom class.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2020
They are “really articulate tattletales on the thermal history of the body in the way that other things aren’t,” she says—and the implications could be far-reaching.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 25, 2019
Sometimes the house servants were the betrayers, they were closest to the masters, known to be tattletales, certain to be rewarded because of their talebearing.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
