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also buttinski
as in intruder
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
there's always some buttinsky who has to tell you there's a better way to do whatever you're doing
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After what was initially reported as a home intruder, police found a 10-foot alligator swimming in the pool, PEOPLE previously reported.
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Which had been locked by the emergency intruder alert.
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Advertisement For an invertebrate, Marcellus is quite the busybody.
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Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman starred, with Ives and Madeleine Sherwood, as Brick’s busybody sister-in-law, reprising their stage roles.
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In fact, the NFLPA filed an amicus brief effectively against Clarett, portraying him as an interloper of sorts.
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Later, a gray squirrel expressed its displeasure at an interloper disrupting its peace.
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Russia is essentially trying to build a closed, spy-friendly, domestic version of the Internet.
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Brown and Harbour are set to star in and executive produce an upcoming spy drama show from A24 that has received a straight-to-series order at Netflix.
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Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
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Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
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Nelly herself is heavily reinterpreted by Fennell, imagined in this film as the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat who serves as Cathy’s maid; the film also runs with modern readings of her character as a more proactive meddler in the doomed love between the main characters.
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The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry.
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“Buttinsky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttinsky. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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