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slip case en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A removable protective covering for a book etc
    • for, if there should appear a pocket-book, which may be drawn up by a riband from its slip case . . . the child would seize upon these with delight. 1835, Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Practical Education:
    • 2003 Miriam A. Drake - Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science If a noble book suggests the need of a noble binding, consider a chemise inserted into a tastefully decorated slip case, leaving the book in its original state.

Forms

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slip-case alternative lexicographic
slip cases Number=Plur lexicographic