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Handbill

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pruning hook.
  2. 2
    A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

    "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."

  3. 3
    an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution wordnet
  4. 4
    A chopping instrument; billhook.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hand + bill (“cutting instrument”).

Etymology 2

From hand + bill (“sheet of paper”).

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