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Penny Dreadful

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Noun

1. dime novel, penny dreadful

a melodramatic paperback novel

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Penny Dreadful

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noun plural -fuls
British informal
a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine

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Penny Dreadful

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British, Informal
a cheap book or magazine containing stories of crime, terror, etc.

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