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bacover en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of back + cover.

Meanings

  1. (dated, slang) Back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium.
    • Gleefully we perused those two copies, noting such achievements as a five-color bacover (counting black). 1951 November, Lee Hoffman, “The Ether Jiggles”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 1, page 3:
    • They are a sort of bacover-quote, a lot of "-actual incredible things fans have said to one another." 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Eavesdroppings:

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Relateds

baquote

Synonyms

back page · back cover