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- Eavesdrop
- v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself.
- A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free — The subject engaging them was she. “I think,” said one, “and my husband thinks That she’s a prying, inquisitive minx!” As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed her ear. “I will not stay,” she said, with a pout, “To hear my character lied about!”
- Gopete Sherany
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