Pamphlet
[ˈpæmflɪt]
Definition
(n.) A writing; a book.
(n.) A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper, stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a subject of current interest.
(v. i.) To write a pamphlet or pamphlets.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Brochure.
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Definition
n. a small book consisting of one or more sheets stitched together but not bound: a short essay on some interesting subject.—n. Pamphleteer′ a writer of pamphlets.—p.adj. Pamphleteer′ing writing pamphlets.—n. the practice of writing pamphlets.
Editor: Nettie
Examples
- I'm busy with a pamphlet here. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And now he had got another pair of cases, and a pamphlet to reprint, on which he set me to work. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- My printing this pamphlet was another _erratum_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Everything I see in him corresponds to his pamphlet on Biblical Cosmology. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The pamphlet had a sudden and surprising effect. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- My London pamphlet (printed in 1725)--which had for its motto these lines of Dryden: Whatever is, is right. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Is this something new, this pamphlet in lilac? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The public mind had been already prepared for this event by Mr. Paine's celebrated pamphlet, _Common Sense_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- No one would read a pamphlet of self-justification so long after the deed, even if I put one out. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- This pamphlet had a good effect. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Dorothea closed her pamphlet, as soon as she was aware of her uncle's presence, and rose as if to go. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In 1786 he wrote a pamphlet against a Swiss pastor who had attacked Rousseau. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So did Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74); his _Deserted Village_ (1770) is a pamphlet on enclosures disguised as a poem. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I showed Lord Steyne your pamphlet on malt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I never could get Jane to read three pages of the malt pamphlet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And I have brought a couple of pamphlets for you, Dorothea--in the library, you know; they lie on the table in the library. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If people will print their abuses of one another, let them do it in little pamphlets, and distribute them where they think proper. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Upon these fragile Piltdown fragments alone more than a hundred books, pamphlets, and papers have been written. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Let her try a certain person's pamphlets, said Mrs. Cadwallader in an undertone, seeing the gentlemen enter. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Nor have these publications been all party pamphlets, the wretched offspring of falsehood and venality. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They were pamphlets about the early Church. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- MY DEAR FRIEND Among the pamphlets you lately sent me was one entitled _Thoughts on Executive Justice_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A Chinese alphabet has been formed; it is taught in the common schools, and newspapers and pamphlets are issued in it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such stamp duties as those in England upon cards and dice, upon newspapers and periodical pamphlets, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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