poison pen
Example Sentences
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Paul jokes he picked people who “maybe have a bit more of a poison pen than I would.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021
Yes, I started writing it, but I put my poison pen aside for a while to direct a revue of Maury Yeston’s music and lyrics called “Anything Can Happen in the Theater.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2017
I'm not sure what the collective noun should be - a dagger, a poison pen?
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2016
Thanksgiving is coming up, and we have a layover both ways, so that means there’ll be four magazines waiting for his poison pen, and I’d really not rather fight about this during the holidays.
From Slate • Nov. 24, 2015
“Our aunt and our great-grandma should be rocking on this porch together. Not sending poison pen letters back and forth through you.”
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
