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flyer
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form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution
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Encyclopedic overview
Leaflets being handed out in New York City (1973)
A flyer (or flier) is a form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution and typically posted or distributed in a public place, handed out to individuals or sent through the mail. Today, flyers range from inexpensively photocopied leaflets to expensive, glossy, full-color circulars. Flyers in a digital format can be shared on the internet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “flyer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.