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noun

Tabloid n.

A compressed portion of one or more drugs or chemicals, or of food, etc.

A newspaper with pages about half the size of a standard-sized newspaper, especially one that has relatively short or condensed articles and a large porortion of pictorial matter.

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Etymology of 'Tabloid'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tabloid" Quotes from Famous Books

... doing it, provided only that they place themselves in the hands of a higher authority which, without putting them to the least inconvenience, can and will, by uttering a word or by administering a tabloid, set them once again upon ...

— Swann's Way - (vol. 1 of Remembrance of Things Past) • Marcel Proust

... very fine," said the Professor as he pocketed his tabloid, "but I never could swallow a pill without water at the best of times, and I don't believe those beasts will give one any. Well, I suppose I must suck it, that's all. Oh! if only the luck would turn, if only the luck ...

— Queen Sheba's Ring • H. Rider Haggard

... was psychometrized by a young Hindu maiden. Although ignorant of the outside world, she was able to picture the people and scenery of every part of the globe in which the letter had traveled. Her report was really an interesting "travelogue" of a trip around the world, given in tabloid form. You may obtain some interesting results in psychometrizing old letters—but always be conscientious about it, and refrain from divulging the secrets that will become yours in the course of these experiments. ...

— Clairvoyance and Occult Powers • Swami Panchadasi

... nine, while a tabloid drama in progress on the stage rendered the presence of the orchestra unnecessary, ...

— Abe and Mawruss - Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter • Montague Glass

Words linked to "Tabloid" : tab, journalism, rag, sheet