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  • noun A magazine made with inexpensive paper and printing, containing shocking or sensationalist text fiction by low-paid writers.

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  • noun an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper

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Derived from the inexpensive wood pulp used to make low-priced mass marketed magazines in the United States from the early 1900s.

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