flyleaf
IPA: fɫˈaɪɫif
noun
- A blank page at the front or back of a book.
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Examples of "flyleaf" in Sentences
- | Reply lies, flyleaf is awesome, That was a bad remix of the song.
- The front free flyleaf was gone, removing half of that double page spread.
- Inside the flyleaf was a white envelope with the name Terry written on it, in Ernie’s appalling script.
- On the flyleaf were his initials R.D., the letters of the handkerchief, and underneath C.D. freshly written.
- I picked it up and saw that the front free flyleaf (or FFF, a term I had never heard) was gone exposing the title page when you open up the book.
- For reasons that gradually become clear, these rules call to mind the "general resolves" scribbled on the flyleaf of a Hopalong Cassidy book by the young title character in the "The Great Gatsby."
- In his illustrious career, only one academic title seems to have eluded him: scuba-diving instructor at Tufts, a job he sought, he says, because it would have amused him to list the credential on the "flyleaf of my next book."
- On the flyleaf was a Greek elegiac couplet in which Dover had managed (1) to use in an apposite and humorous way a Greek word whose meaning we had discussed in a co-authored article, disputing its translation with John Finnis; (2) to express pleasure at the collaboration; and (3) to compare the "daring" outspokenness of our article to that of his own memoir-all with not only impeccable meter and style, but also graciousness, wit, and elegance.
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