gossipry

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This shows, therefore, that gossipry must be judged by its effects.

From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)

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)

It is brimming with the delicious horror of excited gossipry.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

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