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handbill

noun

Etymology

From hand + bill (“cutting instrument”).

  1. derived from bulla
  2. derived from bulle
  3. derived from bille
  4. inherited from bille
  5. compounded as handbill — “hand + bill”

Definitions

  1. A pruning hook.

  2. A chopping instrument

    A chopping instrument; billhook.

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA