noun.
A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.
noun.
A pruninghook.
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noun.
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
Word Usage
"Note 12: Perry, Haight-Ashbury, 125; the handbill is replicated in Emmett Grogan, Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps, (Boston: Little, Brown, 1972), 247."