show bill

or showbill

noun

show bill

First recorded in 1795–1805

I think of getting up a show bill with list of prices affixed.

Had she, he asked himself, been sitting there reading his mind as though it were a show bill, printed in large type?

The Indian boy on the show bill was the nearest approach to a shape of life that met his gaze.

There can be no doubt that the show-bill pictures of the menageries were in colors.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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