"bad quarto" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bad quartos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bad quarto (plural bad quartos)
  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. Wikipedia link: bad quarto Categories (topical): William Shakespeare

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