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curtain-twitcher

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curtain-twitcher
n
Informal a person who likes to watch unobserved what other people are doing


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But sabotage plots like that are not my thing, nor am I that clever, so it seems the reality is that some of the curtain-twitchers on our street have, possibly for a period of months, been cultivating a grudge against us and our non-existent hound.
Paranoid curtain-twitchers will call the police in a flash if they see any young people mooching about - like we all did - because they only see danger and criminality.
The whispers became a roar when resident curtain-twitcher Mrs Timmins claimed to have spotted a dishevelled fat man munching on a giant beetle.
 
 
 
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