carrytales
carrytales is the plural of carrytale.
Meaning of carrytale
Noun
carrytale (plural carrytales)
- An indiscreet person who spreads gossip.
- 'This sour informer, this bate-breeding spy, / This canker that eats up Love's tender spring, / This carrytale, dissentious Jealousy, / That sometime true news, sometime false doth bring,1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis, lines 655–658
- Synonyms:
- blabbermouth, gossip, rumormonger, talebearer
Questions about carrytales
- What is carrytales the plural of?
- Carrytales is the plural of carrytale.
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