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paperback
/ ˈ±è±ðɪ±èəˌ²úæ°ì /
noun
- a book or edition with covers made of flexible card, sold relatively cheaply Compare hardback
adjective
- of or denoting a paperback or publication of paperbacks
verb
- to publish in paperback
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è²¹±è±ð°ùËŒ²ú²¹³¦°ì±ð°ù, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of paperback1
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Example Sentences
Publisher Puffin and Sheen will give £1 from the sale of each hardback copy and 50p from the sale of each paperback copy of the book in the UK and Ireland to Shelter.
He gently pried loose a tile the size of a paperback book and wiped his hand across the dusty surface.
The Illustrated Mum is Wilson's second-highest-selling children's novel in paperback in the UK, according to publisher Penguin Random House, topped only by her children's classic Tracy Beaker.
A braille copy of “James and the Giant Peach†like the one Grayson lost weighs 2½ pounds and costs three times what a paperback does.
It got republished as a mass market paperback and sold nearly a million copies.
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