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▪ I. handˈbill1
[bill n.1 4.]
A light bill or pruning knife.
1523Fitzherb. Husb. §127 Take a sharpe hatchet or a handbyll and cut the settes. 1702Evelyn in Pepys' Diary VI. 254 With his handbill and pruning knife.
▪ II. ˈhandbill2
[bill n.3]
A printed notice or advertisement on a single page, intended to be delivered or circulated by hand. Sometimes applied to a small bill to be posted on walls, etc.
1753World No. i. 3 Who make their appearance either in hand-bills, or in weekly or daily papers. 1793Regal Rambler 26 Lucifer drew up a most inflammatory hand⁓bill. 1837Howitt Rur. Life ii. v. (1862) 152 A large hand⁓bill in the post-office window offering a reward of 100l. for the apprehension of a delinquent. 1864Knight Passages Work. Life I. v. 218 [He] had the indiscretion to circulate a hand-bill from house to house. |