poison-pen letter
Example Sentences
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Lennon’s poison-pen letter targeting his former band mate, Paul McCartney.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2018
“The Front Page” is a drama with two intermissions and a dual nature: It’s both a valentine and a poison-pen letter to the gritty, profane worlds of Chicago journalism and politics.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2017
The Player, in 1992, finally brought Altman back to Hollywood with a clever poison-pen letter to the studios that had dumped him.
From Time • Aug. 6, 2014
And, in typical French fashion, it all started with what is practically an institution here: the poison-pen letter.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2011
I guess the learning process started when I got my first poison-pen letter.
From Time Magazine Archive
