penny dreadful

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English[edit]

Black Bess; or, The knight of the road. A romanticized tale of Dick Turpin - a popular subject in fiction.

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penny dreadful (plural penny dreadfuls)

  1. (UK, dated) A cheap pulp novel produced in 19th century Britain.

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