chapbook

English

Etymology

Formerly sold by chapmen; see the etymology there, and book.

Noun

chapbook (plural chapbooks)

A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts
- 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.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 2]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
  For Haines’s chapbook. No-one here to hear.
- 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 […]

Translations

small book

Chinese:
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Finnish: chapbook
French: livret de colportage (fr) f
Polish: książeczka liryczna f
Portuguese: folheto (pt) m, panfleto (pt) m, livro de cordel m
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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