Chapbook
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chapbook is a noun meaning A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts.
Meaning
A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts.
Example Sentences
For Haines’s chapbook. No-one here to hear.
2005 Kathryn A. Lowry - The Tapestry of Popular Songs in 16th- and 17th Century China Two such examples of slim, chapbook-style collections were both part of larger compendia […]
1849 Notices of Fugitive Tracts: And Chap-books Printed at Aldermary Churchyard, Bow Churchyard, Etc This was, till within the last few years, a favourite chapbook in the north of England.
Word Forms
- chapbooks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include booklet, book, bookling, pocketbook, songbook, choirbook.
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