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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

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

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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