telltale signs/marks etc signs etc that clearly show something has happened or exists, often something that is a secret. a child who tells adults about other children's secrets or bad behaviour - used by children to show disapproval American Equivalent: tattletale
One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress
A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted
a length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat
A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted