dust jacket

American  

noun

1. book jacket.

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dust jacket British  

noun

1. Also called: book jacket.   jacket.  a removable paper cover used to protect a bound book

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Etymology

Origin of dust jacket

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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dust jacket

The book’s dust jacket is scarce with Mr. Moore’s résumé.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

If a dust jacket is torn on a coffee table book or cookbook, she’ll remove it, often revealing a cover with a “beautiful, classic, simple style.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

Secreted inside the technobabble dust jacket was a Polish-language copy of George Orwell’s “1984,” the boring cover a deliberate misdirection to deter prying eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025

To paraphrase the dust jacket of my own book, "If We Survive This": these are not the girls who survive.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025

I clutched it in both hands and looked at the worn, familiar dust jacket.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows