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  • 51gossip — [n1] talk about others; rumor account, babble, back fence talk*, blather, blether, buzz*, calumny, chatter, chitchat*, chronicle, clothesline*, conversation, cry, defamation, dirty laundry*, dirty linen*, dirty wash*, earful*, grapevine*, hearsay …

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  • 52the best of friends must part — Cf. c 1385 CHAUCER Troilus & Criseyde v. 343 Alwey frendes may nat ben yfeere [may not be together]. 1611 G. CHAPMAN May Day IV. 70 Friends must part, we came not all together, and we must not goe all together. 1685 J. DUNTON in Publications of… …

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  • 53foolish woman — noun a female fool • Syn: ↑flibbertigibbet • Hypernyms: ↑fool, ↑sap, ↑saphead, ↑muggins, ↑tomfool …

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  • 54saphead — noun a person who lacks good judgment • Syn: ↑fool, ↑sap, ↑muggins, ↑tomfool • Derivationally related forms: ↑fool (for: ↑fool) • …

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  • 55flibbertigibbety — adjective see flibbertigibbet …

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  • 56flebergebet — flebergebet, gebit, gibet obs. forms of flibbertigibbet n …

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