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| 1. | a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book. |
| 2. | (of a book) bound in a flexible paper cover: a paperback edition of Orwell's novel. |
| 3. | of, for, or pertaining to paperbacks: a paperback bookstore. |
| soft·cov·er (sôft'kŭv'ər, sŏft'-) adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. |
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