eaves-dropper

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

E'AVES-DROPPER, noun One who stands under the eaves or near the window or door of a house, to listen and hear what is said within doors, whether from curiosity, or for the purpose of tattling and making mischief.
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