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shilling shocker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
shilling shock-er
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cheap paperback book produced for the mass market in 19th-century Britain, often consolidating twelve to fifteen episodes of a serial novel whose chapters had previously been published separately as penny dreadful pamphlets, and typically focused on crime and violence.

British usage

Etymology

From the price of one shilling, and the shocking content.

Usage

Inflected Forms

shilling shockers (plural)

Phrases

penny dreadful

Frequently Paired Words

penny dreadful

Questions

What does shilling shocker mean?
A cheap paperback book produced for the mass market in 19th-century Britain, often consolidating twelve to fifteen episodes of a serial novel whose chapters had previously been published separately as penny dreadful pamphlets, and typically focused on crime and violence.
Where does shilling shocker come from?
From the price of one shilling, and the shocking content.

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