handbill

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Etymology 1[edit]

From hand +‎ bill (“cutting instrument”).

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handbill (plural handbills)

  1. A pruning hook.
  2. A chopping instrument; billhook.

Etymology 2[edit]

From hand +‎ bill (“sheet of paper”).

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handbill (plural handbills)

  1. A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
    • 1941 March, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 144:
      Messengers for Mankind.—By Wilfrid L. Randell. [...] Among the many illustrations is a reproduction of the historic handbill of the Great Western Railway announcing the introduction of the railway electric telegraph more than 100 years ago.
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