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Definition of poison-pen in English Turkish dictionary
- kötü niyetle yazılan
- tehdit mektubu
- poison pen letter
- İmzasız mektup (kötü niyetli), kara çalmak için yazılan mektup
- poison pen letter
- kara çalmak için yazılan mektup
- poison pen letter
- imzasız mektup (kötü niyetli)
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Definition of poison-pen in English English dictionary
- poison-pen letter
- A missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned
A retired academic was the author of a poison-pen letter campaign that brought 12 years of fear to a North Yorkshire village, a court was told yesterday. Dr James Forster . . . was alleged to have branded one villager a prostitute and sent the 13-year-old daughter of the parish clerk a copy of a pornographic magazine.
- poison-pen letters
- plural form of poison-pen letter
- poison-pen letter
- A poison-pen letter is an unpleasant unsigned letter which is sent in order to upset someone or to cause trouble. a letter that is not signed and that says bad things about the person it has been sent to
- poison pen
- A manner, means, or tone of expression had by a written work, characterized by spitefulness, defamation, and/or intimidation directed toward a person, organization, or point of view
The centrepiece of her work was a weekly column that could brim with venom . . . . Cherie Blair, Geri Halliwell, Sarah Ferguson, Victoria Beckham and Princess Diana all found themselves the subjects of Lee-Potter's poison pen.
- poison pen
- Of, pertaining to, or possessing such a manner of expression
He's been harsh, too, reacting with the swift kick of a poison-pen reviewer when he doesn't like what he sees on his stage.
- poison pen letter
- Alternative form of poison-pen letter
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