penny dreadful (English, noun)
expansion: penny dreadful (plural penny dreadfuls)
expansion: (originally derogatory, now usually historical)
Senses:
glosses: A cheap paperback book, particularly those concerning lurid depictions of crime in the Victorian era.
glosses: Pulp fiction: stories written in the lurid style of the penny dreadfuls.
Forms:
form: penny dreadfuls
tags: plural