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fan letter

American  

noun

  1. a letter sent by an admiring fan, as to a celebrity.


Etymology

Origin of fan letter

First recorded in 1930–35

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Eight pieces of memorabilia from the storied life of Kansas-born aviator Amelia Earhart — including a glowing fan letter from her friend, President Franklin D. Roosevelt — go up for auction June 22.

From Seattle Times Jun. 19, 2023

Speaking of stalking... you wrote a fan letter to Phoebe Waller-Bridge asking her to direct the video for Savior Complex.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2020

You’ll imagine the delight I took years later when I received a fan letter from Harper Lee, who eventually tried her best to convince me not to end Opus’s comic life a decade later.

From New York Times Dec. 8, 2020

She sent Mr. Richardson a fan letter, and after “two lunches and three handshakes,” as she once put it, they were married in 1988.

From Washington Post Jun. 22, 2020

But the specific stimulus for this novel was an 1865 fan letter from a fellow writer, Madame George Sand.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

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