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flyleaf

[flahy-leef]

noun, plural -leaves.

a blank leaf in the front or the back of a book.

Origin:
1825–35; fly¹ (noun, in combination: something fastened by the edge) + leaf

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flyleaf (ˈflaɪˌliːf)

—n , pl -leaves
	the inner leaf of the endpaper of a book, pasted to the first leaf

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