Word of the Day – Yellowback

Yellowback (n)

yell-oh-bak

A cheap, lurid novel.

Published in the late 1800s, these novels were identifiable by their bright yellow covers.

Example sentences

“Yellowback books were a staple of the early W.H. Smith’s Railway book stores”

“Many people of the Victorian era enjoyed the cheap thrill of a Yellowback novel in the privacy of their own homes.”