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hand-bill

hand-bill is the alternative form of handbill.

Meaning of handbill

Noun (1)

handbill (plural handbills)

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

Noun (2)

handbill (plural handbills)

  1. A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
    • 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.1941 March, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 144

Forms of hand-bill

pluralhand-bills

Questions about hand-bill

What is hand-bill the alternative form of?
Hand-bill is the alternative form of handbill.

Words near hand-bill in the dictionary

  1. hand-arm vibration syndrome
  2. hand-basher
  3. hand-bashers
  4. hand-basket
  5. hand-baskets
  6. hand-bill
  7. hand-bills
  8. hand-carried
  9. hand-carries
  10. hand-carry
  11. hand-carrying

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