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Definition of agony uncle in English: agony unclenoun British informal A man who answers letters in an agony column. Example sentencesExamples - Reading that letter to a tabloid agony uncle, you can almost hear the frantic beating of the writer's heart.
- He is proud of his role as agony uncle to a new generation of artists.
- Last night the country's favourite agony uncle insisted that it was the power of radio and the nationwide spread of listeners that empowered people.
- He's the agony uncle for the teen magazine.
- The candidate writes an agony uncle column which focuses on tax and benefit changes.
- As well as working as a political journalist, his career included a spell as a newspaper agony uncle.
- I watched him act as an agony uncle to young people whose families had broken down: they would talk to him and he would just listen, never preach.
- He signed up as an agony uncle for the men's magazine FHM.
- The site will also have information on the local scene, including questions and answers and an agony uncle page.
- He became agony uncle to thousands of boys who sought his advice on broken voices, bad breath, and the propriety of using tinted writing paper.
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