poison pen letter

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

an unpleasant letter which is not signed and is intended to upset the person who receives it

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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poison pen letterEnglish›UyghurGetWord Corpus poison pen letterEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary

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point of use point of view point-to-point pointy poise poised poison poisoner poisoning poison ivy poison oak

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poison pen letter