newsmonger

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She did not know that a newsmonger is never respected, nor did she know that no girl whose nature was refined would care to know other people's business.

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  1. noun One who spreads news, especially a gossip.

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  • Revered comedian Don Rickles also notched a pair of wins for the Home Box Office, proving Colbert right by beating the fake newsmonger out for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for the documentary special —  E! Online (US) - Top Stories
  • [131] Very likely this rumor was circulated by some malicious newsmonger, but the appointment of Peck certainly did not inspire confidence in the newly organized court Was it to make his ambition seem less odious, that Douglas sought to give the impression that he accepted the appointment with reluctance and at a "pecuniary sacrifice"; or was he, as Whigs maintained, forced out of the Secretaryship of State to make way for one of the Governor's favorites? —  Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics
  • It is pretty odd that my mistress should so much resemble his: The same newsmonger, the same passionate lover of a court, the same--But, Basta, since I must marry her. —  The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 04
  • She did not know that a newsmonger is never respected, nor did she know that no girl whose nature was refined would care to know other people's business. —  Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore
  • He was uncertain as to whether she was joking or not Tease," he said, "what makes you smile that way Oh, nothing Have you seen him recently Not since you came back," she laughed Before Certainly How often Why, nearly every day She was a mischievous newsmonger, and was keenly wondering what the effect of her words would be Who did he come to see?" —  Sister Carrie
 

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