"personal column" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: personal columns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} personal column (plural personal columns)
  1. Part of a newspaper or magazine in which people can have personal messages published. Related terms: advice column, agony column, lonely-hearts, personal advertisement, personal ad, problem page
    Sense id: en-personal_column-en-noun-foOErTBX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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