handbill
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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
His books were arranged by category — magic, circus, eccentric characters — and his file drawers were labeled, which made it easier, say, to find that handbill for “Prof. William Fricke’s Original Imperial Flea Circus.”
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2021
Targeting a different audience —”Mexicanos y Filipinos” — is a handbill from the time, also on the museum wall.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2019
It prohibits advertisements in “any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publications,” Marshall wrote.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2015
“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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