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tellee en · NOUN

Etymology

From tell + -ee.

Meanings

1. One who is told something.
   • This shows that it is just as important to understand the social relationships between the status of the teller, the tellee and the butt of the humour, as it is to understand other language devices used to construct the humour. 1998, Alison Ross, The language of humour, page 60:

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