as in gossips
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
with the arrival of our other friend, we at last had a quorum of quidnuncs and enough material to while away a long lunch hour
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informants
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Sanders, in a motion to the court, accused the initial prosecutor in the case, Tony Rackauckas, of manipulating evidence dealing with jailhouse informants.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025 -
Kentucky's vast wilderness and mountainous regions served as hideaways for bootleggers, Rein said, while the government used paid informants to sniff them out.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Quidnuncs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quidnuncs. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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