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Definition of Agony column
1. Noun. A newspaper column devoted to personal problems.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agony Column
Literary usage of Agony column
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"That particular column in the daily papers, which is headed by private communications
between individuals, is called the " agony column. ..."
2. Camp, Court and Siege: A Narrative of Personal Adventure and Observation by Wickham Hoffman (1877)
"Timex "agony column."—Correspondence.—Letters to Besieged.—Count Solms.—Our
Dispatch-bag.—Moltke complains that it is abused. ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"agony column. The name familiarly given to the second column of the first page
of the London Times, containing advertisements similar to those which in ..."
4. The Newspaper Press: Its Origin--progress--and Present Position by James Grant (1871)
"Yet as no advertisement appears in the " agony column" of the Times unless ...
Surely the following is entirely out of place in the " agony column ? ..."
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