awful n.
a ‘blood-and-thunder’ romance, a ‘penny dreadful’.
Life and Times of James Catnach 35: At the time when broadsides, catch-pennies and awfuls were in the ascendancy. |
a ‘blood-and-thunder’ romance, a ‘penny dreadful’.
Life and Times of James Catnach 35: At the time when broadsides, catch-pennies and awfuls were in the ascendancy. |