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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Synonym of advice columnist, particularly an actually or assumed male writer of such a column.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal, uncommon
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Synonyms: advice columnist, particularly an actually or assumed male writer of such a column
Antonyms: none provided
History
By analogy with earlier agony aunt, from still earlier agony column.
