[f. BLAB v. + -ER1.] One who blabs; one who reveals secrets, a tell-tale.

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1557.  North, trans. Gueuara’s Diall Pr. (1582), 94 a. He was … a great blabber of his tongue.

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1624.  Heywood, Captives, V. iii. in Bullen, O. Pl., IV. Peace, fellowe Godfrey. I’l now play the blabber.

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1793.  T. Jefferson, Writ. (1830), IV. 491. The indiscretion of this blabber.

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1841.  D’Israeli, Amen. Lit. (1867), 236. Time, that blabber of more fatal secrets.

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