0 a small printed advertisement or notice that is given to people by hand
1 a small sheet of paper advertising a product or event which is given to members of the public, especially in the street:
to distribute/hand out/pass out handbills
Signs, posters, newspapers, handbills, banners and paper money all contributed, he argues, to a kind of impersonal authority well suited to a city of strangers.
Cheap one-page ballads, handbills and cartoons met the demands of the poorer end of the market.
One handbill suggested that the people would happily accept a patriot king as long as they were not oppressed.
The in-ammatory handbills that generally accompanied disputes are a recurring preoccupation in narratives of industrial progress.
I say that there are handbills out for public circulation, in connection with political fights and with political propaganda, accusing us of that.
At all events it was a handbill calling the meeting.
The handbills in question were removed immediately the matter was brought to notice and steps are being taken to prevent a recurrence.
I just hope that he has seen some of the handbills that are already being pushed out.