Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One given to criticizing the actions and characters of other people; a gossip.
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Examples
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She was his pet, his dear love, his dear little Burney, his little character-monger.
Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899
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She was emphatically what Johnson called her, a character-monger.
Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899
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It is in relation to the other three that we have to consider Dumas as a character-monger.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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She was his pet, his dear love, his dear little Burney, his little character-monger.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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She was emphatically what Johnson called her, a character-monger.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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But an impeccable poet is not necessarily an impeccable plot - and character-monger either in tale-telling or in drama.) [31] Of this we have unusually strong evidence in the shape of MS.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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