shilling shocker
英 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ ˈʃɔkə] 美 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ ˈʃɑkɚ]

n.

耸人听闻的廉价小说；

权威例句

Shilling Shockers of the Nineteenth Century
Shilling shockers of the Gothic school : a study of chapbook Gothic romances
Going to Find Stanley: Imperial Narratives, Shilling Shockers, and Three Men in a Boat
Penny Dreadful XIII
Victorian Suicide
"Murder in My Soul": Genre and Ethos in Zangwill's The Big Bow Mystery
"The Fearful Crimes of Ireland": Tabloid Journalism and Irish Nationalism in The Playboy of the Western World
Women's Poetry and Religion in Victorian England: Jewish Identity and Christian Culture by Cynthia Scheinberg
Gothic Blue Books
Stevenson in the Classroom