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- noun Plural form of
handbill .
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Examples
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55As Peter Berg and Judy Goldhaft later told interviewers, the Diggers sometimes framed life-act happenings in handbills that broached concepts and roughed out arguments, as in this "Full Moon Celebration of Halloween."
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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The job all sandwich men covet is distributing handbills, which is paid for at the same rate.
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The job all sandwich men covet is distributing handbills, which is paid for at the same rate.
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The print media always had huge impact on public opinion in this country, starting with colonial 'handbills' posted in public places, denouncing King George and his tax collectors.
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Mr. Bragin has even distributed handbills encouraging the public to busk around the Lincoln Center campus after the 4:30 p.m. rehearsal—where the songs will be announced—and before the 7:30 p.m. showtime.
Singing a Song for All Steve Dollar 2011
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The fact that individual reporters would still have rights to distribute homemade handbills or orate from a soapbox would mean little.
Kent Greenfield: Why Progressives Should Oppose A Constitutional Amendment to End Corporate "Personhood" Kent Greenfield 2012
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Auctions through the 1970s were nearly always announced as public sales, and the names of the people selling items typically appeared in newspaper ads and on handbills tacked on the doors of country stores.
At country auctions, many treasures are in the eye of the beholder Post 2010
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A handful of McDonald's employees in northeastern Ohio received handbills in their most recent paychecks suggesting they vote for three Republican candidates.
Ohio McDonald's Employees Get A Message With Their Paychecks: Vote For GOP Candidates AP 2010
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Auctions through the 1970s were nearly always announced as public sales, and the names of the people selling items typically appeared in newspaper ads and on handbills tacked on the doors of country stores.
At country auctions, many treasures are in the eye of the beholder Post 2010
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In 1828, people working for John Quincy Adams published handbills attacking his opponent, Andrew Jackson, and Jackson's wife and mother.
Gingrich and the History of Negative Campaigns John Steele Gordon 2012
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