Synonyms for eaves-dropper
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : eevz-drop |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈivzˌdrɒp |
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Définition of eaves-dropper
Origin :- c.1600, probably a back-formation from eavesdropper. Related: Eavesdropping.
- As in monitor : noun person who watches, oversees
- Nay, I will not be an eaves-dropper: my child you do not fear this person now?
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor » by Stephen Cullen Carpenter
- Should he not appear to them in the despicable light of an eaves-dropper?
- Extract from : « The War Tiger » by Wiliam Dalton
- This seat was in a little recess or blind window, where two persons might freely converse without fear of an eaves-dropper.
- Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
- And Horace Townsend, in stopping to play the eaves-dropper, at least partially illustrated the saying.
- Extract from : « The Coward » by Henry Morford
- I did not wish to be an eaves-dropper, and at the same time I scarcely liked suddenly to rush unnoticed into the room.
- Extract from : « Ben Burton » by W. H. G. Kingston
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