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Definition of tattletale noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tattletale

noun

/ˈtætlteɪl/

/ˈtætlteɪl/

(North American English)

(British English telltale)

(informal, disapproving)

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a child who tells an adult what another child has done wrong

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