Synonyms for handbill


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hand-bil
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhændˌbɪl


Définition of handbill

Origin :
  • 1753, from hand (n.) + bill (n.1).
  • noun bulletin
Example sentences :
  • He brought with him a handbill which he had picked up in the street.
  • Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
  • She flourished a handbill, English on one side, Yiddish on the other.
  • Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill
  • That was not the name on the handbill we saw; was it, Mr. Raimundo?
  • Extract from : « Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal » by Oliver Optic
  • First, he issued the handbill which caused my arrest in Troy, where he knew I was going.
  • Extract from : « Seven Wives and Seven Prisons » by L.A. Abbott
  • She had some difficulty in getting at her pocket, but threw him a handbill.
  • Extract from : « Old Caravan Days » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
  • Philip, who was frowning over the handbill, spoke, also over his shoulder.
  • Extract from : « Mushroom Town » by Oliver Onions
  • Yesterday, there was a handbill about Edmund Gray in the safe.
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Gate, a new edition » by Walter Besant
  • Probably the handbill he mentioned was explicit in names and descriptions.
  • Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Louis Tracy
  • Martin had given me his handbill advertising the vacuum cleaners.
  • Extract from : « Dawson Black: Retail Merchant » by Harold Whitehead
  • Someone thrust a handbill toward Benito, who grasped it mechanically.
  • Extract from : « Port O' Gold » by Louis John Stellman

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