Definitions from Wiktionary (penny dreadful)
▸ noun: (originally derogatory, now usually historical) A cheap paperback book, particularly those concerning lurid depictions of crime in the Victorian era.
▸ noun: (originally derogatory, now usually historical) Pulp fiction: stories written in the lurid style of the penny dreadfuls.
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▸ noun: (originally derogatory, now usually historical) A cheap paperback book, particularly those concerning lurid depictions of crime in the Victorian era.
▸ noun: (originally derogatory, now usually historical) Pulp fiction: stories written in the lurid style of the penny dreadfuls.
Similar:
dime novel,
dime museum,
dukey,
downer,
dookie,
draught on the pump at Aldgate,
prick-me-dainty,
Piccadilly weepers,
Dickensian,
deviling,
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