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personal ad

 
/ˈpɜr·sə·nəl ˌæd/ n [C] (short form personal)

Definition

a short advertisement about yourself that you put in a newspaper or magazine in order to meet a romantic partner
(Definition of personal ad n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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