bookflap

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounbookflap (plural bookflaps)

plural bookflaps · alternative book flap

  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.

    2003, Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, Volumes 5-7

Origin

From book + flap.

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Cite this entry
APA

bookflap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookflap

MLA

“bookflap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookflap. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookflap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookflap.

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