What is "hand bill"

Handbill \Hand"bill`\ (-b[i^]l`), n.

1. A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

2. A pruning hook. [Usually written hand bill.]

Billhook \Bill"hook`\, n. [Bill + hook.] A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter.

n. (alternative spelling of handbill English)