tattler

Example Sentences

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Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts to compete with The Post.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2020

In that sense, Tabloid is like an episode of Jerry Springer or Maury, except that the tattler on-camera is not confronted halfway through the show by her adversary.

From Time • Jul. 14, 2011

"At least one tattler in the Carter tribe," wrote McClellan, "has described listening in to the tape itself."

From Time Magazine Archive

Wise Washington hostesses never serve cocktails before him, though he is not a social tattler like Senator Brookhart.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wonder if it'll land me in a tattler or scandal sheet or the late-night newsreel.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton