penny dreadful
A cheap, sensational story-paper.
“The boy spent his penny on a dreadful about Spring-heeled Jack.”
❦ Note: Penny-part fiction of crime and horror; the Victorian teenager’s guilty pleasure.
A cheap, sensational story-paper.
“The boy spent his penny on a dreadful about Spring-heeled Jack.”
❦ Note: Penny-part fiction of crime and horror; the Victorian teenager’s guilty pleasure.