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handbill

American  
[hand-bil] / ˈhændˌbɪl /

noun

  1. a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand.


handbill British  
/ ˈhændˌbɪl /

noun

  1. a small printed notice for distribution by hand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of handbill

First recorded in 1745–55; hand + bill 1

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“Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!” read the handbill.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2025

The moderator of the neighborhood email group wouldn’t post their handbill, so as not to “harm the community.”

From Washington Post Jun. 15, 2020

Historians say a handbill with the lyrics was probably printed on Sept. 17, three days before The Patriot hit the streets.

From New York Times May 28, 2020

Targeting a different audience —”Mexicanos y Filipinos” — is a handbill from the time, also on the museum wall.

From Seattle Times Oct. 24, 2019

An undated eighteenth-century handbill announcing an exhibition of three of Vaucanson’s automata: the flute player, the drummer and the digesting duck.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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