Busybodies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Busybody \Bus"y*bod`y\ (-b[o^]d`[y^]), n.; pl. {Busybodies}
     (-b[o^]d`[i^]z).
     One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of
     others; a meddling person.
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           And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
           speaking things which they ought not.    --1 Tim. v.
                                                    13.
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