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playbill

[ pley-bil ]

/ ˈpleɪˌbɪl /

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noun

a program or announcement of a play.

Origin of playbill

First recorded in 1665–75; play + bill¹

Words nearby playbill

playability, playable, playact, playback, playback head, playbill, playbook, playboy, playboy of the western world, the, playbroker, playclothes

Example sentences from the Web for playbill

According to the playbill, the answer is neither heaven nor hell (nor purgatory).

The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson (And Tolstoy and Dickens) |Samuel Fragoso |October 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
My best strategy this season was not looking at the Playbill before I saw the show.

A Tony Voter on Bryan Cranston’s Overrated LBJ, Neil Patrick Harris’s Underwhelming Hedwig |Michael Musto |June 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Here's your afternoon culture news links: Idina Menzel Renamed Adele Dazeem in Playbill.

Adele Dazeem Debuts on Broadway, Justin Bieber’s Private Parts Blurred | |March 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“Somebody asked us to sign their Playbill,” he said with a laugh, still tickled by the idea.

Broadway's Gay-Marriage Bonanza |Itay Hod |July 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Yet it is usually printed on the playbill, though in modest type.

Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown |Andrew Lang
It sometimes happens that a playbill flies down from the upper boxes.

Short Stories |Fiodor Dostoievski
There is probably no playbill extant of an earlier date than 1663.

A Book of the Play |Dutton Cook
I was not surprised to learn from the playbill that as the Sultan Mr. Ernest Birch was making "his first appearance."

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 |Various
Put my name on your playbill, provided you drum, but not otherwise.

A Book of the Play |Dutton Cook

British Dictionary definitions for playbill

playbill

/ (ˈpleɪˌbɪl) /

noun

a poster or bill advertising a play

the programme of a play