"chain letter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chain letters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chain letter (plural chain letters)
  1. A letter that can be mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient ostensibly (but sometimes sarcastically) being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or persons. Wikipedia link: en:chain letter Categories (topical): Post Related terms: chain mail, spam Translations (a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients): kædebrev (Danish), kettingbrief [masculine] (Dutch), ketjukirje (Finnish), Kettenbrief [masculine] (German), מִכְתָּב שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת (mikhtáv sharshéret) [masculine, plural] (Hebrew), catena di sant'antonio [feminine] (Italian), kjedebrev [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kjedebrev [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), łańcuszek [masculine] (Polish), письмо́ счастья (pisʹmó sčastʹja) (english: happiness/luck letter) (Russian), kedjebrev [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "מִכְתָּב שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת"
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          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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          "word": "catena di sant'antonio"
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          "english": "happiness/luck letter",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "word": "kædebrev"
    },
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      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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      ],
      "word": "catena di sant'antonio"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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      ],
      "word": "kjedebrev"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kjedebrev"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
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      "word": "łańcuszek"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "happiness/luck letter",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pisʹmó sčastʹja",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "word": "письмо́ счастья"
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      "code": "sv",
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