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dust_jacket

dust jacket

See also: dustjacket

English

A book with a dust jacket.

Noun

dust jacket ‎(plural dust jackets)

The detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide blurb.

Translations

detachable protective cover of a book

Dutch: boekomslag
Finnish: suojakansi
French: jaquette (fr) f, liseuse (fr) f
German: Schutzumschlag m

Icelandic: kápa (is) f
Portuguese: sobrecapa f
Russian: суперобло́жка (ru) f ‎(superoblóžka)
Spanish: sobrecubierta (es) f, forro (es) m
Tagalog: pabalat, balot-aklat

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