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green-ink brigade proper n

(chiefly British) Collectively, those people who write letters to newspaper editors, politicians, etc., expressing eccentric views; the letters are often stereotyped as being handwritten in green ink, characterized by the frequent use of capital letters and underlining, and lengthy.

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