noun
1. : an inexpensive paper-bound melodramatic novel of adventure popular in the United States from about 1860 to World War I — compare dreadful III
2. : a cheap sensational and often lurid novel
noun
1. : an inexpensive paper-bound melodramatic novel of adventure popular in the United States from about 1860 to World War I — compare dreadful III
2. : a cheap sensational and often lurid novel
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012