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dust cover

–noun
1. a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
2. book jacket.

Origin:
1900–05
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dust cover  
n.  
  1. A removable or hinged plastic cover used to protect a piece of equipment, such as a turntable or printer.

  2. See dust jacket.

dust jacket  
n.  
  1. A removable paper cover used to protect the binding of a book. Also called dust cover.

  2. A cardboard sleeve in which a phonograph record is packaged.

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