| 单词 | stoolie |
| 释义 | stoolie (once / 562825 pages) n WORD FAMILY stoolie: stoolies USAGE EXAMPLES"Crow's going to jail," Otis Amber wailed, "and all you do is pat yourself on the back for not being a stoolie." Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game(1979) It would appear they’ve been named by the stoolie who ran the Miami drug clinic. Chicago Tribune(Jul 16, 2013) By the 1840s, the term was interchangeable with police informant, and by the 1920s, it had been shortened to stoolie. Slate(Dec 07, 2011) n someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police Syn|Hyper canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolpigeon betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer one who reveals confidential information in return for money |
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