Joyce Ulysses Episode 16Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide
1922, w, “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days Chapter 1/1/2, There were rumours, new rumours every morning, delightful and outrageous rumours, so that the lumps in the porridge were swallowed without comment and the fish-cakes were eaten without contumely.
(obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
1599, William Shakespeare, , JC II. iv. 18:Prithee, listen well; I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, And the wind brings it from the Capitol.
