PENNY DREADFUL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A melodramatic paperback novel

Synonyms:

dime novel; penny dreadful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("penny dreadful" is a kind of...):

novel (an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)

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