scandal sheet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scandal sheet
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Season 1 ended with the reveal that sweet, unassuming Penelope Featherington was actually Lady Whistledown, the writer behind the influential scandal sheet.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2022
So does the prohibitive cost of printing mean that the mystery person backing the scandal sheet was definitely one of the ton’s richer residents?
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2021
The most intriguing character on the series is a persona: the notorious and observant scandal sheet writer Lady Whistledown.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2020
But it has also gone out of its way to protect business partners and those known as “Friends of Pecker,” even when their behavior was textbook fodder for scandal sheet cover stories.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2018
He waves the latest scandal sheet at me.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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