gossipry
Example Sentences
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The priest bestowed little attention on the small gossipry that filled up the page.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
Once upon a time there lived a husband and wife, and they were both bound in gossipry with a certain man.
From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick
Accordingly two sisters had arrived, Claire and Hermance Tessier, reliable pleasant-faced girls with no family ties in Aramon and with the difference of religion to keep them apart from indiscriminate gossipry.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Some slight misunderstanding on Browning's part, the fruit of mischief-making gossipry, which caused constraint between him and his old friend was cleared away by the good offices of Milsand.
From Robert Browning by Dowden, Edward
This shows, therefore, that gossipry must be judged by its effects.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
