talebearer
Example Sentences
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“A talebearer revealeth secrets,” says Proverbs in an early complaint, “but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2019
Unpredictably clever, obscurely erudite, obstinately elusive about answering his own questions, Sloan could be the Comrade V. of novelists: the talebearer as dehumanized intellect.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its talebearer is gaunt, ghost-grey Dr. Hereward Carrington, director of the American Psychical Institute, an oldtime spook-hunter who likes to spend his vacations in haunted houses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Be no talebearer, nor utterer of falsehoods; be not talkative nor rashly censorious.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen
It does not always transpire that we are benefited by the act of the talebearer, but in this case it was highly salutary.
From Trail Tales by Gillilan, James David
