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Meaning of penny dreadful

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

penny dreadful

noun

Definitions

  1. (originally derogatory, now usually historical) A cheap paperback book, particularly those concerning lurid depictions of crime in the Victorian era.

  2. (originally derogatory, now usually historical) Pulp fiction: stories written in the lurid style of the penny dreadfuls.

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