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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A melodramatic novel of romance or adventure, usually in paperback.
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- noun US, dated A
cheap pulp novel produced in 19th centuryAmerica .
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- noun a melodramatic paperback novel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After the Dime Book Series, published by Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821–1894).]
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