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plural of telltale
Synonyms of telltales
1
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
- the media's professional telltales have basically decided that today's celebrities have no right to privacy
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2
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
- the department telltale told the boss that his coworkers were taking extra long breaks
Synonyms for telltales
- betrayers,
- canaries
- [slang],
- deep throats,
- finks,
- informants,
- informers,
- narks
- [British],
- rat finks,
- rats,
- snitchers,
- snitches,
- squealers,
- stoolies,
- stool pigeons,
- talebearers,
- tattlers,
- tattletales,
- whistle-blowers
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“Telltales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/telltales. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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