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telltale

/ˈtɛlteɪl/ adjective C1
  1. Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known. · I noticed the snow was dirty, a telltale sign of recent human presence.· A telltale blush crept into her cheeks as he approached.
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“I’m no telltale, Anne Shirley, and anyhow I was just as much to blame as you.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 154 · C1
But her telltale eyes were red and glanced at me from between swollen lids.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 75 · C1

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