Meaning

3 senses
  1. A pruning hook.

  2. A chopping instrument; billhook.

  3. A loose printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

    Handzettel, Flugblatt

More definitions
  • an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
loose printed sheet:

Origin

From hand + bill (“cutting instrument”). From hand + bill (“sheet of paper”).

From hand + bill (“cutting instrument”).

From hand + bill (“sheet of paper”).

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Forms

plural: handbills

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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