"Becos if Mr. Swann got to 'ear of it he'd guess I'd been Blabbing, for one thing," he said, sharply, "and for another, 'e left it to 'im partly to make up for 'is disappointment-he'd been disappointed 'imself in 'is younger days, so 'e told me."
"At Sunwich Port, Complete"
W.W. Jacobs
Now there is one thing more I have got to say, though I do not know to a cute fellow like you whether the caution is necessary; don't go and be Blabbing to others of what you are about."
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
Nay, from what you said to me, honest Aby, knowing you to be a careful thrifty fellow, full of foresight, I was so warm in the cause that I had determined to take your advice, and renounce or defer the journey to France; but the Blabbing servants got a hint of the matter, and it came to my daughter's ears.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft