shilling shocker
A cheap paperback book produced for the mass market in 19th-century Britain, often…A cheap paperback book produced for the mass market in 19th-century Britain, often consolidating twelve to fifteen episodes of a serial novel whose chapters had previously been published separately as penny dreadful pamphlets, and typically focused on crime and violence.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, historical)A cheap paperback book produced for the mass market in 19th-century Britain, often consolidating twelve to fifteen episodes of a serial novel whose chapters had previously been published separately as penny dreadful pamphlets, and typically focused on crime and violence.
Origin
From the price of one shilling, and the shocking content.From the price of one shilling, and the shocking content.
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Forms
plural: shilling shockers| Singular | shilling shocker |
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Word family
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