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Thesaurus: tattle tail

one who tells on somebody when what they're telling doesn't at all affect them > Joe is such a tattle-tail. He saw me sneak a cookie and he told mom.

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  1. one who tells on somebody when what they're telling doesn't at all affect them > Joe is such a tattle-tail. He saw me sneak a cookie and he told mom.