book jacket

American  

noun

1. a removable paper cover, usually illustrated, for protecting the binding of a book and usually giving information about the book and the author.

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Etymology

Origin of book jacket

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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book jacket

But Gorsuch’s interviews have not been confined to “the stories of ordinary people willing to do extraordinary things,” as the book jacket reads.

From Salon ● May 11, 2026

On BookTok, where a flashed book jacket conveys a glimmer of a user’s inner life, a classic text can leave a durable impression.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

The book jacket cut out the word "hokey" so the quote read only: "Wisdom combined with good advice."

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2023

In 2022, John Huffington wrote a book for which reporter Tom Jackman provided a book jacket blurb.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023

While reading Plato’s Republic, for instance, I needed to keep looking at the book jacket comments to remind myself what the text was about.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez