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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

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

That is followed by an enlargement of a handbill inviting women to the “First Feminist Mass Meeting” at Cooper in 1914.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2018

“What if we baked small cakes and delivered them to the State House with a handbill advertising our new wares?”

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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