as in gossips
to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature
those neighborhood busybodies, constantly tattling and whispering over their backyard fences
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In this episode, Mitzi talks to Bret Anthony Johnston about his new story collection, Encounters with Unexpected Animals.—
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