"letter column" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: letter columns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} letter column (plural letter columns)
  1. Section of a periodical in which readers' letters are published. Meronyms: letter to the editor, letter of comment Derived forms: lettercol Translations (section): Leserbriefspalte [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-letter_column-en-noun-AS7rX1Xv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2000, Michael Ashley, The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, volume 1, page 53",
          "text": "Gernsback's second response to his readership was to establish a letter column, called 'Discussions', which became a regular feature from the January 1927 issue.",
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