Meanings
plural letter-writers
- alternativeletterAlternative form of letter writer.
We add to the chorus of letter-writers praising the current Morning Sun play at The New Mexico Actors Lab, here in Santa Fe.
2023 June 20, Susan and Robert Haynes-Borson, “Sun’s up”, in Santa Fe New Mexican, 174th year, number 171, page A-102 more examples
The Indian letter-writers, awaiting clients, fresh paper and carbons rolled into their machines, greeted Victor Crabbe with smiles and waved hands.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 46The people behind this offensive charge are revolutionaries wishing that once again America would become a nation of letter-writers.
1990 January 12, “Answering Back”, in The Boston Phoenix, published 13 January 1995, page 8
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