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Poison-pen letter

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Noun
  1. 1
    A missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned. idiomatic

    "Miss Theresa Samuels . . . is accused by the Post Office authorities of sending scurrilous letters to young women whose engagements to marry had been publicly announced. . . . Those who received the poison pen letters were not willing to court the notoriety that would follow the prosecution of the case."

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