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scarlet letter
noun
a scarlet letter “A,” formerly worn by one convicted of adultery.
scarlet letter
noun
(esp among US Puritans) a scarlet letter A formerly worn by a person convicted of adultery
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scarlet letter1
Example Sentences
His outsider status as a hunchback is instead a costume that presumably serves as scarlet letter or Star of David.
I believe he lived with a scarlet letter on him because of it.
"By taking a hand gesture that everyone makes and turning it into a scarlet letter they can brand literally anyone an evil feminist," he said.
Rather than a badge of honor, Romney’s ultimate act of bipartisanship was seen by some Republican primary voters as a scarlet letter.
“But now I have, like, a scarlet letter and the medical stuff so even if I could go to work, my face would be doing gymnastics.”
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