turn-tale

Updated: June 8, 2025

"That is why he gave himself up, the coward the lying turn-tale! The treacherous dog! Swearing it off on me to save a few years of his miserable life out of jail. See here!" stopping suddenly before Mr. Pinkerton, "That traitor made me swear I would never squeal.

A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton - Jim Cummings : Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery