Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A printed sheet or pamphlet distributed by hand.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An instrument for pruning trees.
- n. A chopping-implement; a bill-hook.
- n. A bill or loose printed paper or sheet circulated for the purpose of making some public announcement.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a small pruning hook. See 4th Bill.
- n. A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
- n. A pruning hook.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
Examples
“Note 12: Perry, Haight-Ashbury, 125; the handbill is replicated in Emmett Grogan, Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps, (Boston: Little, Brown, 1972), 247.”
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583
“The "handbill" was a fair-sized poster announcing the production at the”
“His handbill on the subject is rightly criticized as too lawyerly by Burlingame, who elegantly points out:”
“Ought a convicted adulteress and her paramour husband be placed in the highest offices of this free and Christian land?" one handbill asked.”
The Wall Street Journal: Gingrich and the History of Negative Campaigns
“This handbill recently was found, posted, on the Ohio University campus.”
“Democrats seek voter-intimidation inquiry: Ohio Democrats are asking authorities to investigate a handbill tucked in the paychecks of some McDonald's employees that advocated votes for three Republican.”
The Washington Post: Boehner endorses Ohio GOP House candidate criticized for Nazi reenactment
“As repeated several times in written GLN statements prior to the protest, a handbill distributed at the protest, and in our public comments during the course of the protest, our protest was against the leadership of the Catholic church and not the Catholic laity, a majority of whom support equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.”
The Huffington Post: Andy Thayer: A Gay Protester Responds to Cardinal George's Criticism
“The handbill with a simple McDonald's logo at the top recommended votes for Republicans John Kasich for governor, Rob Portman for U.S. Senate, and Jim Renacci for Ohio's 16th congressional district.”
“Shirley Rogers Reece, general manager for the company's Ohio region, said McDonald's had no knowledge that the handbill was being distributed.”
“In her statement, Reece said that McDonald's did not endorse any of the candidates mentioned in the handbill.”
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Handy Words
List of words and phrases referring to the hand, hands, fist, or derivatives of the Latin manus, beginning with left-handed.
left-handed, double-fisted, fisticuffs, handy, right-handed, two-handed, manual, manumission, manuscript, manually, manustupration, manudiction and 164 more...
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