chapbook en · NOUN
Etymology
Formerly sold by chapmen; see the etymology there, and book.
Meanings
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A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts.
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.
For Haines’s chapbook. No-one here to hear.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 2]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chapbooks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
fi chapbook (small book) · pl książeczka liryczna (small book) · pt folheto (small book) · pt livro de cordel (small book) · fr livret de colportage (small book) · pt panfleto (small book)