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1.
composed or sent maliciously, as a letter, usually anonymously and for the purpose of damaging another's reputation or happiness: The newspaper received a poison-pen letter alleging that the mayor was misusing city funds.
2.
characterized by or given to the sending of poison-pen letters: a poison-pen campaign; a poison-pen writer.
Origin:
1910–15
1910–15
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