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chapbook
chap·book C0243700 (chăp′bo͝ok′)n. A small book or pamphlet containing poems, ballads, stories, or religious tracts.
[chap(man) + book (so called because it was originally sold by chapmen).]chapbook (ˈtʃæpˌbʊk) n (Historical Terms) a book of popular ballads, stories, etc, formerly sold by chapmen or pedlarschap•book (ˈtʃæpˌbʊk)
n. a small book or pamphlet of tales, ballads, tracts, or poems. [1790–1800; chap (as in chapman) + book] chapbook
chapbook, one of the pamphlets formerly sold in Europe and America by itinerant agents, or "chapmen." Chapbooks were inexpensive—in England often costing only a penny—and, like the broadside, they were usually anonymous and undated. The texts typically were similar to those of current tabloid newspapers and therefore reveal much about the popular taste of the 16th, 17th, and 18th cent. The term is occasionally used to refer to old manuscripts showing national character through the use of vernacular expressions. |