scandal sheet en · NOUN
Meanings
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(informal) A tabloid newspaper containing gossip and sensational news stories pertaining especially to well-known people.
Tony Curtis, a smutmonger for Stop magazine, described by its editors as "the most disgusting scandal sheet the human mind can recall," wants to write an exposé of her.
1965, "Cinema: Career Girl's Question" (film review of Sex and the Single Girl), Time, 1 Jan.London's leading scandal sheet, The Daily Mirror, has been investigating the story with great relish and its most recent expose on the case featured by-lines by nine reporters.
1975 December 20, “Tory Tidbits”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scandal sheets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
fi skandaalilehti (type of tabloid) · pl szczujnia (type of tabloid)