Bookflap

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The inner part of a book jacket wrapping around a book cover.

    "The result is an interesting and honest book: certainly not the "future classic" advertised on the bookflap, but a thought-provoking contribution nonetheless."

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"The result is an interesting and honest book: certainly not the "future classic" advertised on the bookflap, but a thought-provoking contribution nonetheless."

Etymology

From book + flap.

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