verb tell tales, inform on: ‘Mammy, Shirley’s speaking dirty again and giving me a red face.’ clyped Janey 19-.
noun a tell-tale; a lie; a liar; tales: Och, stories an tales wandering through the forest, somebody's been telling clypes an tales. ... 19-. etymology: from Scots clype; Middle English clepe Old English cleopian ‘call, name’; attested by SR and JS; noun attested by DW