talker
n.— «It’s a talker, and there are new revelations in the steroid scandal looming over major league baseball.» —“Saturday Morning: Bush, Musharraf Talk Terror War” by Betty Nguyen CNN Dec. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
talker
n.— «It’s a talker, and there are new revelations in the steroid scandal looming over major league baseball.» —“Saturday Morning: Bush, Musharraf Talk Terror War” by Betty Nguyen CNN Dec. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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