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Definition

someone who gossips indiscreetly;
or: disclosing unintentionally

His age was beginning to show, his one sign of inner turmoil, the strong line of his jaw melted a little, one became aware of telltale creases forming under his ears, one noticed not his jet-black hair but the gray patches growing at his temples.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

telltale = showing unintentionally

He listened for telltale sounds.
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
Glass darted down the unfamiliar corridor, straining her eyes for the telltale silver gleam of an air vent.
Kass Morgan -- The 100
The others had come pretty regularly and he expected his ring to start moving with the telltale quiver any second.
D.J. Machale -- The Merchant of Death
But as we neared the aft engine gangways, I heard the telltale vibration of the port propeller.
Kenneth Oppel -- Airborn
The telltale smell of smoke filtered in through the open windows.
Alexandra Bracken -- The Darkest Minds
Even Beatrice wasn't sure, turning the viewfinder sideways and upside down as she tried in vain to identify a telltale part of owl anatomy.
Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
And one of the most telltale things is that the classic autistic individual will laugh out loud and find it to be this moment of real physical comedy.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
I watched for her hair to curl, the telltale Caster breeze.
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl -- Beautiful Creatures
But not before I see telltale redness in his eyes.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
Up close his skin bore the telltale dark traceries of hunger.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Glass
Seeing nothing, he listens for a telltale clip-clop of approaching horseshoes.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
At Mira's invitation, she took a seat, folded her hands to keep them from any telltale restless movements.
J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
He was hiding his right forearm, which clearly showed the telltale bluish marks of a syringe.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
Then Salva saw the telltale flick of a crocodile's tail as it flopped into the water near the young man.
Linda Sue Park -- A Long Walk to Water
Last week, Tono had found a little rod behind Mama's wedding picture—a telltale sign of bugging.
Julia Alvarez -- In the Time of the Butterflies
He listened for soldiers as he waited, scanning the inky landscape for the telltale flash of torches.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
But then the disease became more active, the volcano started rumbling, oozing lava, spitting telltale traces of sulfurous gas when the wind was right.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
We knocked on the walls, listening for a telltale hollow sound; we felt for hidden seams.
Gail Carson Levine -- Ella Enchanted
He wonders if he's running a low fever; this morning he examined his tongue in the mirror for telltale blanching and spots.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace

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