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GOS'SIP, n.
GOS'SIP, v.i. To prate; to chat; to talk much.
A sponsor; a godfather or a
godmother.
Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. Selden. A friend or comrade; a companion; a
familiar and customary acquaintance.
[Obs.]
My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. Shak. One who runs house to house, tattling and
telling news; an idle tattler.
The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden. The tattle of a gossip; groundless
rumor.
Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. Tennyson. To stand sponsor
to.
[Obs.] Shak. To make merry.
[Obs.] Shak. To prate] to chat; to talk much.
Shak. To run about and tattle; to tell idle
tales.
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