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/ˈoʊpən lˈɛtər/ Listen

Open letter

noun

A letter of protest; addressed to one person but intended for the general public.

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"Open letter" Quotes from Famous Books

... after that she walked into Mrs. Easterfield's little room, the open letter in her hand. As Mrs. Easterfield looked up from her writing-table the girl seemed transformed; she was taller, she was straighter, her face had lost its ...

— The Captain's Toll-Gate • Frank R. Stockton

... into the middle of their sunset plans. She had been down to the post office, and she carried an open letter in her hand. ...

— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... Plessis, the predikant at Lindley in the Orange River Colony, addressed an "open letter" to the clergy of the Dutch Reformed Church in the ...

— Lord Milner's Work in South Africa - From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 • W. Basil Worsfold

... summer Miss Travers stood by the same balcony rail, with an open letter in her hand. There was a soft flush on her pretty, peachy cheek, and a far-away look in ...

— The Deserter • Charles King

... slowly opened and Ellen came in. Wishing her aunt should not see her swollen eyes, she was going quietly through to her own room when Miss Fortune called her. Ellen stopped. Miss Fortune was sitting before the fire with an open letter lying in her lap and another in her hand. The latter she held out to Ellen, saying, "Here, child, come ...

— The Wide, Wide World • Susan Warner

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