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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A journalist, especially a woman, employed as a writer or an editor of sob stories.
- noun A sentimental, ineffective person who seeks to do good.
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- noun A
journalist who writes mainlysentimental articles or has anadvice column .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a journalist who specializes in sentimental stories
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yarb commented on the word sob sister
'In his pocket was a clipping, the work of a sob sister thirty years ago.'
- Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham
June 30, 2012