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Synonyms of canary
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
- a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords
Synonyms for canary
- betrayer,
- deep throat,
- fink,
- informant,
- informer,
- nark
- [British],
- rat,
- rat fink,
- snitch,
- snitcher,
- squealer,
- stool pigeon,
- stoolie,
- talebearer,
- tattler,
- tattletale,
- telltale,
- whistle-blower
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The first known use of canary was in 1592
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