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Meaning of penny dreadful | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A cheap paperback book, particularly those concerning lurid depictions of crime in the Victorian era.
  2. Pulp fiction: stories written in the lurid style of the penny dreadfuls.

Examples

“They can read the ‘penny dreadful’, but they cannot darn their stockings or mend their shoes.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

penny fall penny farthing penny gaff penny in the fusebox penny loafer penny mail

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