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Gossip See also Slander. Gourmandism (See EPICUREANISM, GLUTTONY.) Graciousness (See COURTESY, HOSPITALITY.) assembly of women symbolizes gossip in dream context. [Dream Lore: Jobes, 143] two characters continually gossiping from morning to night. [Comics: “Blondie” in Horn, 118] rumor-jabbering woman upsets Lady Windermere. [Br. Lit.: Lady Windermere’s Fan, Magill I, 488–490] Fanny’s aunt, the universal type of busybody. [Br. Lit.: Mansfield Park, Magill I, 562–564]
New Hampshire town where everyone knows everyone else’s business. [Am. Lit.: Peyton Place, Payton, 523] leader of a group that creates and spreads malicious gossip. [Br. Drama: Sheridan The School for Scandal] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He bit his nails in company not only as a technique to avoid participating in idle chit chat, but as a method of attracting women (they would playfully chastise him for the habit). In 1959, the Carons purchased a historic resort hotel on South Mountain in Wernersville, Pennsylvania, and opened Chit Chat Farms - a facility that has gained an international reputation for excellence as one of the first and foremost chemical dependency treatment centers in the United States. |
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