Chapbook

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• Chapbook — Chap book , n. [See {Chap} to cheapen.] Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chapbook — 1824, shortened from chap(man) book, so called because chapmen (see CHEAP (Cf. cheap)) sold such books on the street …   Etymology dictionary

• chapbook — [chap′book΄] n. [ CHAP(MAN) + BOOK: chapmen sold such books in the streets] a small book or pamphlet of poems, ballads, religious tracts, etc …   English World dictionary

• Chapbook — Chap Book redirects here. For the 19th century American magazine, see The Chap Book. Chapbook frontispiece of Voltaire s The Extraodinary Fate of Calas, showing a man being tortured, late 17th century. A chapbook is a pocket sized booklet. The… …   Wikipedia

• Chapbook —  Ne doit pas être confondu avec The Chap Book. Frontispice d un chapbook : fin du XVIIIe siècle ou début du XIXe siècle …   Wikipédia en Français

• chapbook — /chap book /, n. 1. a small book or pamphlet of popular tales, ballads, etc., formerly hawked about by chapmen. 2. a small book or pamphlet, often of poetry. [1790 1800; chap (as in CHAPMAN) + BOOK] * * * ▪ literature       small, inexpensive… …   Universalium

• chapbook — noun A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts This was, till within the last few years, a favourite chapbook in the north of England …   Wiktionary

• chapbook — /ˈtʃæpbʊk/ (say chapbook) noun 1. one of a type of small books or pamphlets of popular tales, ballads, etc., such as were formerly hawked about by chapmen. 2. a small publication, usually about 40 pages, often of poetry …  

• chapbook — ˈchapˌbu̇k noun Etymology: chapman + book 1. : a small book or pamphlet of a kind formerly sold by chapmen containing popular tales, treatises, ballads, or nursery rhymes 2. : a small book or pamphlet resembling a chapbook …   Useful english dictionary

• chapbook — noun Etymology: chapman + book Date: 1798 a small book containing ballads, poems, tales, or tracts …   New Collegiate Dictionary