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noun
A cheap paperback book, particularly those concerning lurid depictions of crime in the Victorian era.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Pulp fiction: stories written in the lurid style of the penny dreadfuls.
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noun
a melodramatic paperback novel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dime novel
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Broader terms: novel
History
From its low price and the lower-class British use of dreadful (“sensationalized crime reporting”).
