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personal column

personal column noun: part of a newspaper or magazine in which people can have personal messages published.

Noun

personal column (plural personal columns)

  1. Part of a newspaper or magazine in which people can have personal messages published.
    • She saw in the occasion an opportunity and on the morning of the sixth a message appeared in the personal column of The Daily Telegraph—their usual channel of communication—making an assignation.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    • I read the paper in bed / And in the personal columns / There was this letter I read1979, Rupert Holmes, “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”, in Partners in Crime

Synonyms of personal column

Forms of personal column

pluralpersonal columns

Questions about personal column

What does personal column mean?
Personal column means part of a newspaper or magazine in which people can have personal messages published.
What part of speech is personal column?
Personal column is a noun.
What is the plural of personal column?
The plural of personal column is personal columns.

Words near personal column in the dictionary

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  4. personal capital
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  6. personal column
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  8. personal computer
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  10. personal conduct
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