showbill

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

show +‎ bill

Noun[edit]

showbill (plural showbills)

  1. A large printed advertisement.
    • 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Intelligence Office”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
      The interior of the room was thrown into shadow, partly by the tall edifices that rose on the opposite side of the street, and partly by the immense show-bills of blue and crimson paper that were expanded over each of the three windows.
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