showbill

English

Etymology

From show +‎ bill.

Noun

showbill (plural showbills)

1. A large printed advertisement.
   • 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Intelligence Office”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:

     The interior of the room was thrown into shadow, partly by the tall edifices that rose on the opposite side of the street, and partly by the immense show-bills of blue and crimson paper that were expanded over each of the three windows.