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scandal sheet

NOUN
gossipy newspaper
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Until now, her character, Penelope Featherington, has been content to be a wallflower in the ballrooms of Regency London, allowing her to observe and secretly write a society scandal sheet under the pseudonym Lady Whistledown.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2024

“In any other field — politics, show business, whatever — a gossipy scandal sheet would be nothing out of the ordinary,” he said.

From New York Times Sep. 3, 2022

Penelope floated a nasty rumor about the Bridgertons in the scandal sheet, which clearly Eloise would not do if she were the mysterious author – but in the process it hurt the clan's reputation.

From Salon May 17, 2022

So does the prohibitive cost of printing mean that the mystery person backing the scandal sheet was definitely one of the ton’s richer residents?

From Slate Jan. 15, 2021

A frayed scandal sheet called Madam Solaina's Secrets is tucked between two pages.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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