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gossip mirror

UK /ˈɡɒsɪp ˌmɪɹə/US /ˈɡɑsəp ˌmɪɹəɹ/

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A mirror or pair of mirrors mounted outside a window, allowing the viewer to see along a street while remaining indoors.
- Röschen was keeping watch at the gossip-mirror in the library window, and would give warning as soon as she saw the great R and his Hindoo adept in the distance. — 1891

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