POISON-PEN


Meaning of POISON-PEN in English

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1. : venomously written : written with malice and spite

poison-pen brochures — J.R.Carlson

especially : written usually anonymously and with the intention of seriously harming or destroying another's reputation

writing a poison-pen letter in disguised handwriting to the police — Georg Mann

2. : marked by or given to poison-pen writing

a poison-pen writer

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