as in gossipers
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
the couple's loud quarrel had the building's yentas yapping for a week
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gossips
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Local gossips claimed that Chin Ming Tai paid Moy Sing a bride price of $20,000, an astronomical sum for the time.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026 -
The gossips leak letters indicating the family’s ruthlessness.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Yentas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yentas. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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