Dear John

Variant of Dear John (letter)

Dear John (letter) definition

☆ Dear John (letter)

a letter from one's fiancée or girlfriend breaking off an engagement or love affair, or from one's wife asking for a divorce

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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