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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The gossips leak letters indicating the family’s ruthlessness.—
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Hometown gossips and lonely girls to the front.—
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“Yentas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yentas. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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