dust jacket

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Noun

dust jacket (plural dust jackets)

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

Synonyms

• bookjacket
• dustcover

Translations

• French: jaquette, liseuse
• German: Schutzumschlag, Buchumschlag
• Portuguese: sobrecapa
• Russian: суперобло́жка
• Spanish: sobrecubierta, forro

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