bad quarto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quarto-sized publication of a play, especially a Shakespearean play, that is considered spurious by virtue of having been copied down during a performance or later reconstructed from memory.

Word forms

bad quarto bad quartos
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