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showbill

showbill noun: a large printed advertisement.

Noun

showbill (plural showbills)

  1. A large printed advertisement.
    • 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.1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Intelligence Office”, in Mosses from an Old Manse

Forms of showbill

pluralshowbills

Origin of showbill

From show + bill.

Questions about showbill

What does showbill mean?
Showbill means a large printed advertisement.
What part of speech is showbill?
Showbill is a noun.
What is the plural of showbill?
The plural of showbill is showbills.

Words near showbill in the dictionary

  1. showbag
  2. showbags
  3. showband
  4. showbands
  5. showbar
  6. showbill
  7. showbills
  8. showbiz
  9. showbizzer
  10. showbizzers
  11. showbizzery

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