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tattlers

Meaning of “tattlers”

Idle gossipers who wander about repeating private or improper matters and speaking things they ought not.

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First occurrence: 1 Timothy 5:13

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1 Timothy 5:13
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 5:13 · retained source text

And withall they learne to bee idle, wandering about from house to house; and not onely idle, but tatlers also, and busibodies, speaking things which they ought not.

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