book jacket

book jacket

noun
a removable paper cover, usually illustrated, for protecting the binding of a book and usually giving information about the book and the author.

Origin:
1925–30
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Book jacket is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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book jacket

noun
a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed 
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