handbill
Americannoun
noun
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“Dance!! Dance!! Dance!! to the music of the Silhouettes Band!!” read the handbill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025
In late January 2016, Akinobu Oda — a Japanese restaurateur and concert promoter — taped a red-and-black handbill demanding “Don’t disturb!!!” to the window of his vegan dive in Tokyo.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2024
Four days later, the men spotted a handbill and called Mr Shetty.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2022
Targeting a different audience —”Mexicanos y Filipinos” — is a handbill from the time, also on the museum wall.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2019
I reached into the pocket of my checkered dress and pulled out the handbill Aunt Kitty had given me the other day.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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