chapbook
pronunciation
How to pronounce chapbook in British English:
UK ['tʃæpbʊk]
How to pronounce chapbook in American English:
US ['tʃæpˌbʊk]
Word Origin
- chapbook (n.)
- also chap-book, 1824, shortened from chap(man) book, so called because chapmen (see cheap) once sold such books on the street. A modern word for a type of old book.