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show bill

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noun
an advertising poster.
a list of attractions, as for a new theatrical season; roster.
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Origin of show bill

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby show bill

shove off, show, Showa, show and tell, show bag, show bill, show biz, showboat, showbread, show business, show card
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How to use show bill in a sentence

  • I think of getting up a show bill with list of prices affixed.

    My Wife and I|Harriet Beecher Stowe

  • Had she, he asked himself, been sitting there reading his mind as though it were a show bill, printed in large type?

    Ann Arbor Tales|Karl Edwin Harriman

  • The Indian boy on the show bill was the nearest approach to a shape of life that met his gaze.

    The Red Moccasins|Morrison Heady

  • There can be no doubt that the show-bill pictures of the menageries were in colors.

    Back Home|Eugene Wood

British Dictionary definitions for show bill

show bill
noun
a poster advertising a play or showAlso called: show card
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