chapbook
chapbook noun: a small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts.
Noun
chapbook (plural chapbooks)
- A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts.
- This was, till within the last few years, a favourite chapbook in the north of England.1849 Notices of Fugitive Tracts: And Chap-books Printed at Aldermary Churchyard, Bow Churchyard, Etc
- For Haines’s chapbook. No-one here to hear.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 2]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
chapbook meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
chapbook in Urdu
- کتابچہ
chapbook in Malayalam
- ഒരു ചെറിയ പുസ്തകം, വീരഗാഥകൾ തുടങ്ങിയവ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയത്, അഥവാ മതപരമായ ഒരു ലഘുലേഖ
Forms of chapbook
| plural | chapbooks |
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Origin of chapbook
Formerly sold by chapmen; see the etymology there, and book.
Questions about chapbook
- What does chapbook mean?
- Chapbook means a small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts.
- What is chapbook in Urdu?
- Chapbook in Urdu is کتابچہ. See Chapbook meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is chapbook?
- Chapbook is a noun.
- What is the plural of chapbook?
- The plural of chapbook is chapbooks.
Words near chapbook in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chapbook (page history and authors); chapbook (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chapbook (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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