chapbook

noun

chap·​book ˈchap-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce chapbook (audio)
: a small book containing ballads, poems, tales, or tracts

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Celebrates a new chapbook series from Brighthorse Editions, with Thomas Dillon Redshaw, Kent Aldrich, Leslie Adrienne Miller and Lon Otto reading from their work. Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025 Harjo wrote her first volume of poetry, a nine-poem chapbook called The Last Song, in 1975. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025 Bores wrote in his 1590 chapbook a year later that Stumpp’s head was also severed from his body and placed upon a stake, providing a gruesome warning to the community. Sean Neumann, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025 Her first publication was a chapbook of poems, 1983’s The Women Who Hate Me. 1988’s Trash, a book of essays, brought her critical acclaim. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for chapbook

Word History

Etymology

chapman + book

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chapbook was in 1775

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“Chapbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chapbook. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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