showbill

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noun

A large printed advertisement.

Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounshowbill (plural showbills)

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

Origin

From show + bill.

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APA

showbill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showbill

MLA

“showbill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showbill. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “showbill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showbill.

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