| 单词 | penny-dreadful |
| 释义 | penny-dreadful in British EnglishnounWord forms: plural -fuls British informal a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine penny dreadful in American English British, Informal a cheap book or magazine containing stories of crime, terror, etc. penny dreadful in American EnglishnounWord forms: plural penny dreadfuls chiefly Brit a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel Word origin [1870–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Mafia, Victorian, asymmetric, immobilize, upgradeExamples of 'penny-dreadful' in a sentence |
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