dust-jacket

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• Dust jacket — Dust cover redirects here. For the firearm part, see Dust cover (firearms). A dust jacket, propped up and partially unfolded for illustration The dust jacket (sometimes book jacket, dust wrapper or dust cover) of a book is the detachable outer… …   Wikipedia

• dust jacket — dust jackets also dust jacket N COUNT A dust jacket is a loose paper cover which is put on a book to protect it. It often contains information about the book and its author …   English dictionary

• dust jacket — n. 1. a detachable paper cover for a book to protect its binding and now usually designed to promote its contents 2. SLEEVE (n. 3) * * * …   Universalium

• dust jacket — dust .jacket n a paper cover of a book, which you can remove …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dust jacket — dust ,jacket noun count a loose paper cover for a book that protects the hard cover …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dust jacket — ► NOUN ▪ a removable paper cover on a book …   English terms dictionary

• dust jacket — n. 1. a detachable paper cover for a book to protect its binding and now usually designed to promote its contents 2. SLEEVE (n. 3) …   English World dictionary

• dust jacket — noun a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed • Syn: ↑book jacket, ↑dust cover, ↑dust wrapper • Hypernyms: ↑jacket * * * noun, pl ⋯ ets [count] : a paper cover that protects a book and can be removed …   Useful english dictionary

• dust jacket — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms dust jacket : singular dust jacket plural dust jackets a loose paper cover for a book that protects the hard cover …   English dictionary

• dust-jacket — see dust jacket …   English dictionary

• dust jacket — dust′ jack et n. pri jacket 5) • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang