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agony column

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agony column
n.
A newspaper column containing advertisements chiefly about missing relatives or friends.

agony column
Noun
a newspaper or magazine feature offering advice on readers' personal problems
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.agony column - a newspaper column devoted to personal problems
editorial, newspaper column, column - an article giving opinions or perspectives
Translations
agony column nconsultorio sentimental
agony column ncourrier m du cœur
agony column agony nKummerkasten m
agony column nposta del cuore


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I tossed the paper down upon the table, but at that moment my eye caught an advertisement in the agony column.
When you have agreed to our terms, insert a suitable notice in the agony column of the "Morning Blazer.
Sherlock Holmes was, as I expected, lounging about his sitting-room in his dressing-gown, reading the agony column of The Times and smoking his before-breakfast pipe, which was composed of all the plugs and dottles left from his smokes of the day before, all carefully dried and collected on the corner of the mantelpiece.
 
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