personal column

noun

a newspaper column containing personal messages, advertisements by charities, requests for friendship, holiday companions, etc

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How to use personal column in a sentence

That has a very poor sound—like the personal column of a newspaper.
The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
Aunt Olivia said that exactly as if she were reading it from the personal column of the Daily Enterprise.
Chronicles of Avonlea | Lucy Maud Montgomery
If you would like to join me for a time, insert a notice to Harry F in the personal column to that effect.
Of Stegner's Folly | Richard S. Shaver
She did not wish to be present should her mother chance to peruse the personal column.
Pretty Geraldine, the New York Salesgirl | Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
“I should advertise in the personal column of a certain metropolitan newspaper—that is all,” he declared.
A Little Miss Nobody | Amy Bell Marlowe

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