Dear John letter

Dear John letter
Dear John letter noun (informal; orig US)
A letter from a woman to her husband or boyfriend ending their relationship
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Dear John letter [Dear John letter] (also Dear John)noun (AmE infml)
a letter sent by a woman to a man to say that she wants to stop their relationship. This is usually because she now loves someone else.

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