"chain letter" meaning in English

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      "form": "chain letters",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "orig": "en:Post",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-chain_letter-en-noun-U3BBUpsP",
      "links": [
        [
          "mailed",
          "mailed"
        ],
        [
          "recipient",
          "recipient"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "chain mail"
        },
        {
          "word": "spam"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "word": "kædebrev"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kettingbrief"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "word": "ketjukirje"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kettenbrief"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mikhtáv sharshéret",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "מִכְתָּב שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "catena di sant'antonio"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kjedebrev"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kjedebrev"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "łańcuszek"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "happiness/luck letter",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pisʹmó sčastʹja",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "word": "письмо́ счастья"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kedjebrev"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:chain letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chain letter"
}

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    {
      "form": "chain letters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "chain letter (plural chain letters)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "chain mail"
    },
    {
      "word": "spam"
    }
  ],
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "en:Post"
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        "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."
      ],
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        [
          "mailed",
          "mailed"
        ],
        [
          "recipient",
          "recipient"
        ]
      ],
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        "en:chain letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "word": "kædebrev"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kettingbrief"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "word": "ketjukirje"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kettenbrief"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mikhtáv sharshéret",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "מִכְתָּב שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "catena di sant'antonio"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kjedebrev"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kjedebrev"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łańcuszek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "happiness/luck letter",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pisʹmó sčastʹja",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "word": "письмо́ счастья"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a letter that is mailed successively to different recipients",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kedjebrev"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chain letter"
}