clype

British

/ kləɪp /

verb

to tell tales; be an informer

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noun

a person who tells tales

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Etymology

Origin of clype

C15: from Old English clipian, cleopian; see _clepe

Example Sentences

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As these buildings were oftentimes light-houses, and had in their upper story one round casement, Argolici clype�, aut Phœbe� lampadis instar, by which they afforded light in the night-season; the Greeks made this a characteristic of the people.

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I'm a great coortier, ladies, you must know, and am in love wid every purty girl I meet—but sure that's only natural; however, as I was sayin', it's not to a clype or a pair of smooth-in' irons I'll produce such stockins' as these!

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But they pressed us hard, and one o' them landed me an awful clype on the jaw.

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