lonely hearts
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlonely heartsˌlonely ˈhearts noun → lonely hearts club/column/adExamples from the Corpuslonely hearts• How would you describe yourself in a lonely hearts ad?• He met Dominique through a lonely hearts ad.• They talked about books, the theatre, cinema, where they lived, lonely hearts columns.• I have been tempted by the lonely hearts advertisements in selected journals.• He sat at his desk and took out the lonely hearts advert he had placed in the magazine a few months before.