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letters

/ˈlɛtɚz/ noun A1
  1. Literature.
  2. The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).
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We know that you were pressed for money; that you took an impress of the keys which your brother held; and that you entered into a correspondence with Oberstein, who answered your letters through the advertisement columns of the Daily Telegraph.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 36 · B2
“The word RACHE, written in letters of blood,” he said.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 69 · B2
Two letters—one addressed to E.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 31 · B2
Now, should any letters or other documents of a compromising character be found upon him, will it not be taken for granted that all who uphold him are his accomplices?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 36 · C1

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