reading notice

noun

1. a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reading notice¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

"Where's that reading notice about the electric light company?" he demanded.

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In reading, notice how much imagery of objects, persons, scenes, sounds, etc., occurs spontaneously.

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When you are reading, notice such facts, and remember such narratives, as you can turn to good account, in this way.

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How many thus caricatured and vivisected, could command this free reading notice from a casual American, dictating against time and space to a red-haired stenographer, three thousand and five hundred miles away?

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"And now, what about a little reading notice for McQuiggan's proposition?"

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