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chain letter
noun
: a letter that is sent to a certain number of people and that asks each of those people to send a copy of the letter to the same number of people
Full Definition of CHAIN LETTER
: a letter sent to several persons with a request that each send copies of the letter to an equal number of persons
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First Known Use of CHAIN LETTER
1905
Rhymes with CHAIN LETTER
abettor, air letter, bed wetter, begetter, black letter, block letter, bonesetter, day letter, dead letter, enfetter, fan letter, forgetter, four-letter, gillnetter, go-getter, jet-setter, Ledbetter, newsletter, night letter, pacesetter, pinsetter, red-letter, regretter, trendsetter, typesetter, unfetter, upsetter, vignetter
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