chain letter

noun

: a letter sent to several persons with a request that each send copies of the letter to an equal number of persons

Examples of chain letter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Drop me all your tips, love letters and chain letters (remember those? —Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 4 Jan. 2024

At the center of the story is the Old Man’s (James Broderick) fireworks obsession, but there‘s also a sack race, potato salad, a chain letter for washrags and a bad blind date. —Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024

Think of the video as a string of full-bodied thank yous, or a chain letter in dance, with each performer taking up where the last left off. —Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022

Forms of the chain letter date back to ancient Egypt and the medieval age, while the modern iteration, collected and studied by scholars, surfaced in 1888. —Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2020

Lady Gaga took to Twitter on Friday (March 8) to start an old-fashioned chain letter to celebrate International Women’s Day. —Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2019

Suddenly the most cynical of us are responding to internet chain letters and sharing questionable memes. —oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2020

Dear Readers: Today’s Sound Off is about chain letters. —Heloise, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019

Or that one family member who still sends you chain letters on Facebook. —Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chain letter

• abettor
• newsletter
• typesetter
• better
• bettor
• debtor
• fetter
• getter
• netter
• petar
• petter
• rhetor