"May I ask permission to put this little handbill in its place?". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919] Reference
She had picked up a handbill in the street and saved it for him. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Called Freedom]
‘Stay!’ cried Clennam, spreading out the handbill on his desk. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
“How did you come by that handbill?” she repeated, passionately. From Wordnik.com. [No Name] Reference
This handbill recently was found, posted, on the Ohio University campus. From Wordnik.com. [The Fraud Continues GYI] Reference
First he brought us in a handbill that was posted in Bargo, like this: —. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery Under Arms] Reference
The handbill convening the meeting was of an inflammatory kind, and the new. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King] Reference
He didn't know who the handbill was about, I thought, because he couldn't read. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Evidence like the handbill singling out Gunn would seem to test that distinction. From Wordnik.com. [Propaganda Made Me Do It] Reference
Serious handbill in the shops, importing that it was all but impossible to come to. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Marigold] Reference
"It's Galliano's Circus," said Hilary, and she pulled a handbill out of her pocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Twins At St Clare's]
He went on with a long, rambling tale about making a mistake in printing the handbill. From Wordnik.com. [The Penal Cluster] Reference
Anyhow, it seems, as though that handbill is a genuine piece of downright foolishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship] Reference
I handed her the bogus evangelist handbill Mencken had handed out at the Scopes trial. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
During the election for Quebec, a handbill had appeared, calling the government feeble. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
First, he issued the handbill which caused my arrest in Troy, where he knew I was going. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. a True Story] Reference
A wire cage covered the glass and had trapped every passing handbill and hamburger wrapper. From Wordnik.com. [html]
The lurid handbill on his table referred to them as 'a pair of talented and finished artists '. From Wordnik.com. [The Lonely Sea]
He immediately replied, to the best practical purpose, by producing the handbill from his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [No Name] Reference
But a large white handbill, containing a few lines in gigantic letters, was posted on the side wall. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Captain Wragge recovered himself, pocketed the handbill, and followed his leader for the second time. From Wordnik.com. [No Name] Reference
She handed the handbill back to me, and I stood there looking at it and then at her and then at it again. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
That abominable handbill turned my brain, I do believe; and I thought I was learning to control my temper!. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
The two friends read the handbill as it stuck against the wall, and Gaffer read them as he held the light. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mutual Friend] Reference
It was tiny for a handbill -- only about six inches long and four inches wide and was worded and lined thus. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
From time to time the poster would pop up (really more a crude handbill) on walls and even stuck to billboards. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The Obama Joker Poster] Reference
It would be difficult to exaggerate the effect produced upon the populace of Paris by this intemperate handbill. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
We also do a good deal of handbill printing, and catalogues for sales, and that kind of work, which is easy enough. From Wordnik.com. [Littlebourne Lock] Reference
Stow distinctly says it was in the almonry of the abbey; and the handbill Dr. Rimbault refers to confirms that fact. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850] Reference
Captain Kirk reached into his tunic, pulled out the pink handbill he had taken from the Romulan beacon, and unfolded it. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Meld]
Blogs are useful in the way a handbill passed out on the street or a subway may (or may not) contain an element of truth. From Wordnik.com. [Kurtz: The Boys On The Bus? Who Needs 'Em?] Reference
He had prepared a large number of questions, to be put to me, which were printed and scattered broadcast in handbill form. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Well, look no further than an advertising handbill for a strip club that extols the virtues of "Hot Housewives in action!". From Wordnik.com. [The Opposite of Manglish: Asian Text as Art Background That Might Bite] Reference
And when black saw it and said this has an authenticity that even the handbill didn't get it, and they stayed off the buses. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2006] Reference
He then assured us that he was not patrolling the city in an effort to keep the Fortunoff posters graffiti - and handbill-free. From Wordnik.com. [Who Invented the Big Swarovski? Bikini Wax and Crystals for $105] Reference
A well written handbill can trump a million dollar campaign and that is why grassroots are gagged and the corporate press is exempt!. From Wordnik.com. [Numbers Revealed: 75 Million Voters Embrace The Web] Reference
It was only this morning that she came across a handbill, and she flew home in such a temper that it put the whole house in an uproar. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
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