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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] |
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Trade talks: If you listen to the scuttlebutt of the national pundits, there was nearly a major West-East trade shakeup in some form this week involving teams from Los Angeles and New Jersey. Even so, the doctor's lounge scuttlebutt was that the new medical director had "gone over to the other side. Scuttlebutt credited a Cliffside dancer as the inspiration for Lil. |
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