agony column
noun [C usually singular] UKDefinition
› the part of a magazine or newspaper where letters from readers about their personal problems are printed, together with advice about how to deal with them: She wrote in to an agony column.Headlines and features in newspapers and magazines
(Definition of agony column noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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