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letterzine

/lɛt.əˈziːn/

letterzine noun: a fanzine that is all or mostly composed of letters of comment.

Noun

letterzine (plural letterzines)

  1. (dated, slang) A fanzine that is all or mostly composed of letters of comment.
    • Incidental to the subject of fanzines -- POSTWARP, the letterzine for NFFF Members only, is well under way, with its fourth monthly ish due for completion within the next two or three days. If you are an N3F member, you're passing up plenty of interesting arguments by not subscribing.1950 January, Art Rapp, “Timber!”, in Spacewarp, number 34, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2019, page 3
    • VOM VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION, 4sj & Morojo's letterzine which flourished for fifty issues in the early 40s. It was originally just the lettercolumn of the LASFS OO, IMAGINATION!, but later took off on its own under Acky's ministrations.1959, Richard Emey, Fancyclopedia II, Vom: Voice of the Imagi-nation

Forms of letterzine

pluralletterzines

Origin of letterzine

From letter + zine.

Words that rhyme with letterzine

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Questions about letterzine

What does letterzine mean?
Letterzine means a fanzine that is all or mostly composed of letters of comment.
What part of speech is letterzine?
Letterzine is a noun.
How do you pronounce letterzine?
Letterzine is pronounced /lɛt.əˈziːn/.
What is the plural of letterzine?
The plural of letterzine is letterzines.

Words near letterzine in the dictionary

  1. letterwinners
  2. letterwise
  3. letterwoman
  4. letterwomen
  5. letterwood
  6. letterzine
  7. letterzines
  8. lettest
  9. letteth
  10. Lettic
  11. lettice

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