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Definition of Talebearers
1. talebearer [n] - See also: talebearer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talebearers
Literary usage of Talebearers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of New England from 1630 to 1649 by John Winthrop, James Savage (1853)
"... complaining against the complainants, as talebearers, etc., taking it very
disdainfully that his brethren should be sent for by a constable, ..."
2. The History of New England from 1630 to 1649 by John Winthrop, James Savage (1853)
"... as talebearers, etc., taking it very disdainfully that his brethren should be
sent for by a constable, with other high speeches, which were so ployed, ..."
3. The Treasury of David: Containing an Original Exposition of the Book of by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1882)
"Deliver us from evil," may be used with emphasis concerning this business.
From gossips, talebearers, writers of anonymous letters, forgers of newspaper ..."
4. The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever, Easley Stephen Jones (1918)
"[Or] "He is one of those talebearers whom everybody dislikes." Those kind, those
sort. Ungrammatical. See Sib. Till. Do not carelessly misuse for when. ..."
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