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[ pley -bil ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpleɪˌbɪl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a program or announcement of a play.
Origin of playbill First recorded in 1665–75; play + bill1
Words nearby playbill play at, play a waiting game, playback, playback head, play ball, playbill , playbook, play both ends against the middle, playboy, playbroker, play by ear
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Example sentences from the Web for playbill According to the playbill , the answer is neither heaven nor hell (nor purgatory).
The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson (And Tolstoy and Dickens) | Samuel Fragoso| October 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
My best strategy this season was not looking at the Playbill before I saw the show.
A Tony Voter on Bryan Cranston’s Overrated LBJ, Neil Patrick Harris’s Underwhelming Hedwig | Michael Musto| June 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Here's your afternoon culture news links: Idina Menzel Renamed Adele Dazeem in Playbill .
Adele Dazeem Debuts on Broadway, Justin Bieber’s Private Parts Blurred | | March 5, 2014| DAILY BEAST
“Somebody asked us to sign their Playbill ,” he said with a laugh, still tickled by the idea.
Broadway's Gay-Marriage Bonanza | Itay Hod| July 30, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Yet it is usually printed on the playbill , though in modest type.
Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown | Andrew Lang
It sometimes happens that a playbill flies down from the upper boxes.
Short Stories | Fiodor Dostoievski
There is probably no playbill extant of an earlier date than 1663.
A Book of the Play | Dutton Cook
I was not surprised to learn from the playbill that as the Sultan Mr. Ernest Birch was making "his first appearance."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 | Various
Put my name on your playbill , provided you drum, but not otherwise.
A Book of the Play | Dutton Cook
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British Dictionary definitions for playbill noun a poster or bill advertising a play
the programme of a play
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Words related to playbill program, card, agenda, handbill, notice, placard, schedule, poster, roster, handout, leaflet, syllabus, catalogue, flyer, inventory, advertisement, bulletin, listing, affiche