scandal sheet
scandal sheet noun: a tabloid newspaper containing gossip and sensational news stories pertaining especially to well-known people.
Noun
scandal sheet (plural scandal sheets)
- A tabloid newspaper containing gossip and sensational news stories pertaining especially to well-known people.
- Tony Curtis, a smutmonger for Stop magazine, described by its editors as "the most disgusting scandal sheet the human mind can recall," wants to write an exposé of her.1965, "Cinema: Career Girl's Question" (film review of Sex and the Single Girl), Time, 1 Jan.
- London's leading scandal sheet, The Daily Mirror, has been investigating the story with great relish and its most recent expose on the case featured by-lines by nine reporters.1975 December 20, “Tory Tidbits”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 2
Forms of scandal sheet
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Questions about scandal sheet
- What does scandal sheet mean?
- Scandal sheet means a tabloid newspaper containing gossip and sensational news stories pertaining especially to well-known people.
- What part of speech is scandal sheet?
- Scandal sheet is a noun.
- What is the plural of scandal sheet?
- The plural of scandal sheet is scandal sheets.
Words near scandal sheet in the dictionary
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