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TELLTALE

Telling tales; babbling. "The telltale heart." 1. One who officiously communicates information of the personal concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence must suppress. 2. A movable piece of ivory, lead, or another material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives announcement, by its position, when the wind is exhausted. 3. A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm. A compass in the cabin of a vessel, generally placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus communicate himself of the vessel's course. 4. A car or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted. 5. The tattler. See Tattler. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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