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chap·book

 (chăp′bo͝ok′)
n.
A small book or pamphlet containing poems, ballads, stories, or religious tracts.

[chap(man) + book (so called because it was originally sold by chapmen).]
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chapbook

(ˈtʃæpˌbʊk)
n
(Historical Terms) a book of popular ballads, stories, etc, formerly sold by chapmen or pedlars
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chap•book

(ˈtʃæpˌbʊk)

n.
a small book or pamphlet of tales, ballads, tracts, or poems.
[1790–1800; chap (as in chapman) + book]
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Her solo chapbook, Habeas Corpus, was published by Glass Lyre Press in 2015.
That same year, Button released its first published poetry chapbook, Aziza Barnes's me Aunt Jemima and the nailgun, winner of the 2012 Button Poetry Prize.
LAHORE -- A chapbook of poetry and prose, titled Trigger, by Amar Alam and Afshan Shafi was launched at the South Asian Free Media Association on Sunday.
During her years as a poet/traveler, Kyger developed the travel chapbook
Although Lyndon Johnson once referred to Hamer as "that illiterate woman," Hamer was in fact a determined autodidact and voracious intellectual; Redmond's chapbook does a great job of celebrating Fannie Lou Hamer's vivacity, bravery, and brilliance.
Some of the most memorable poems in this chapbook deal with preparing homemade "slow" foods like yogurt or sauerkraut.
Her chapbook, "AS-IS, Several Sisters," was published by Finishing Line Press.
Burns scholars have differed in the attention they have paid to its earlier separate appearances in chapbook form.
LAURA BYLENOK'S poetry appears in Pleiades, Guernica, Subtropics, North American Review, and elsewhere, and her chapbook, a/0, is available from DIAGRAM/ New Michigan Press.
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