What does crank letter mean?

crank letter means "a hostile (usually anonymous) letter".

Is crank letter a common word?

crank letter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Crank letter — meaning and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a hostile (usually anonymous) letter
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What does crank letter mean?: crank letter means "a hostile (usually anonymous) letter".
Is crank letter a common word?: crank letter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for crank letter come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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