chapbook
- noun
- /ˈtʃæpˌbʊk/
- Archaic
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librito
- In the 18th century, street vendors often sold chapbooks that featured tales of adventure and romance.
Examples
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By MARILYN L. TAYLOR Marilyn L. Taylor, a contributing editor at The Writer and a former poet laureate of Wisconsin, is the author of Subject to Change, which was nominated for the Poets Prize, and a chapbook titled Going Wrong.
Academic text (2011) -
Many famous authors began their careers by publishing a chapbook filled with their early poems.
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The local library has a special section dedicated to historical chapbooks that showcase popular stories from the past.
Synonyms
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3.1
A small paper book or leaflet that gives information about one subject
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1.9
A small book with information or instructions on a topic
A short booklet that gives information about a subject, often in a series
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Morphology
Etymology
Chapbook comes from chapman ('seller') plus book, because long ago street sellers sold cheap little booklets of ballads and tales; so a historical chapbook was a small, inexpensive booklet common from the 1500s to the 1800s.