subs. (old).—A talebearer; a chatterbox.
c. 1550. T. INGLELEND, The Disobedient Child [DODSLEY, Old Plays, 1874, ii. 282]. Maid. What banging, what cursing, LONG-TONGUE, is with thee!
1886. R. H. BARHAM, The Ingoldsby Legends, ‘Grandmother’s Clock.’ Very short legs, and a very LONG TONGUE.
