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Broadside means the side of a ship where all the cannons and are. Broadside can also refer to the side of a ship that is above water. When a ship lets loose all cannon power, the ship receiving the blow is said to be broadsided.

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broadside, a large sheet of paper printed on one side only, often containing a song or http://www.answers.com/topic/Ballad, and sold by wandering pedlars in Britain from the 16th century until the beginning of the 20th century, when they were superseded by mass‐circulation newspapers; they also appeared in the USA in the late 19th century. The broadside ballads were intended to be sung to a well‐known tune; often they related topical events, and some were adopted as http://www.answers.com/topic/folk-song. Broadsides are sometimes called broadsheets

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