Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who can keep a secret.
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Examples
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And, look, whether the fiery Trigon, his man, be not lisping to his masters old tables, his note-book, his counsel-keeper.
Act II. Scene IV. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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And look, whether the fiery Trigon, his man, be not lisping to his master's old tables, his note-book, his counsel-keeper.
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Let me but once be her counsel-keeper — let her confide to me a secret, did it but concern the robbery of a linnet’s nest, and, fair Countess, thou art mine own!”
Kenilworth 2004
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And look, whether the fiery Trigon, his man, be not lisping to his master’s old tables, his note-book, his counsel-keeper.
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Let me but once be her counsel-keeper -- let her confide to me a secret, did it but concern the robbery of a linnet's nest, and, fair Countess, thou art mine own! "
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
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