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penny dreadful

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penny dreadful rate
(Noun) An often lurid or horror-inspired form of British popular boys' literature, printed on very cheap pulp paper, selling for 1 penny. Current from 1830s to 1900.
Usage: Before the Great War, British working class youth idled away their time by reading a penny dreadful.


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