handbill
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From hand + bill (“cutting instrument”).
Noun
handbill (plural handbills)
- A pruning hook.
- A chopping instrument; billhook.
Etymology 2
From hand + bill (“sheet of paper”).
Noun
handbill (plural handbills)
- A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
- 1941 March, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 144:
- Messengers for Mankind.—By Wilfrid L. Randell. [...] Among the many illustrations is a reproduction of the historic handbill of the Great Western Railway announcing the introduction of the railway electric telegraph more than 100 years ago.
Translations
loose printed sheet
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See also
References
- “handbill”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.