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pamphlet

/ˈpæmflɪt/

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What does pamphlet mean?

noun

  1. A small, brief printed work, consisting either of a folded sheet of paper, or several sheets bound together into a booklet with only a paper cover, formerly containing literary compositions, newsletters, and newspapers, but now chiefly informational matter.
  2. Such a work containing political material or discussing matters of controversy.

verb

  1. To distribute pamphlets (to someone or some place).
More meanings (4)

verb

  1. To distribute pamphlets.
  2. (archaic) To write about (someone or something) in a pamphlet; to issue (some material) in the form of a pamphlet.
  3. (obsolete, rare) To write or produce pamphlets.

noun

  1. (obsolete) A brief handwritten work.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpæmflɪt/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpænflɪt/
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And now he had got another pair of cases, and a pamphlet to reprint, on which he set me to work.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
Speech after speech, pamphlet after pamphlet, editorial after editorial, sermon after sermon, soon lashed the conscientious Scotch people into a perfect furore.
Frederick DouglassMy Bondage and My FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #202
More book examples (3)
Some of these thoughts I have copied from an article I read on a few leaves of a torn pamphlet, no name.
Carry Amelia NationThe Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. NationProject Gutenberg ebook #1485
The great critic replied with pamphlet after pamphlet, invincible in logic and erudition, sparkling with wit, and irritating in their utter coolness.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
The afterpart of the pamphlet is devoted to a curious examination of the qualities of the letters of the Greek and Roman alphabets.
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722