| 单词 | penny awful |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny awful penny awful n. and adj. (a) n. a penny dreadful; (b) adj. = penny dreadful n. and adj. (b). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > sensational novel or thriller sensation novel1856 penny dreadful1861 dime novel1864 curdler1872 dreadful1874 blood and thunder1876 penny awful1880 shilling dreadful1885 thrill1886 thriller1889 blood1892 terror novel1896 penny horrible1899 spine-thriller1912 roman noir1926 spine-chiller1940 scorcher1942 spine-tingler1942 spine-freezer1960 1880 Times 2 Oct. 10/1 My second word..is..a protest against the unreal and ‘goody’ type of so many of the stories and publications put forth by church writers... This ‘pernicious nonsense’ needs our vigilance as much as do the ‘penny awfuls’ themselves. 1889 E. Dowson Let. 15 Mar. (1967) 49 It is very bad, very long, & distinctly ‘penny awful’ not ‘shilling shocking’. 1992 Atlantic Apr. 62/2 Here was an opportunity that suggested an adventure equal to anything in penny-awful fiction. < as lemmas |
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