letter

letter idiom
In addition to the idiom beginning with letter, also see bread and butter letter; crank call (letter); dead letter; four-letter word; poison-pen letter; red-letter day; to the letter.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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