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Dear John letters

Dear John letters is the plural of Dear John letter.

Meaning of Dear John letter

Noun

Dear John letter (plural Dear John letters)

  1. A letter from a wife or girlfriend to her husband or boyfriend, informing that the relationship is over, often because the writer has initiated a relationship with someone else.
    • Thirty years later in Vietnam, he was still carrying the Dear John letter he had received from his high-school sweetheart.
    Synonyms:
    Dear John

Questions about Dear John letters

What is Dear John letters the plural of?
Dear John letters is the plural of Dear John letter.

Words near Dear John letters in the dictionary

  1. dear hearts
  2. Dear Jane letter
  3. Dear Jane letters
  4. Dear John
  5. Dear John letter
  6. Dear John letters
  7. Dear Johns
  8. Dear Joy
  9. Dear Leader
  10. Dear Leaders
  11. dear Lord

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