flyleaf
Americannoun
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flyleaves
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of flyleaf
1825–35; fly 2 (noun, in combination: something fastened by the edge) + leaf
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After trimming the nib, the scribe would usually test the pen on a blank piece of parchment or flyleaf to make sure that his letters were legible.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
In 1993, his lawyers succeeded in forcing the publisher of a book by Harry Hurt III, “Lost Tycoon,” to add an explanation of the encounter on the book’s flyleaf.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022
Perhaps in the 16th Century it was already hard to read, or the flyleaf was loose?
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2020
On the flyleaf of his Infantry Drill Regulations manual, Edward wrote:
From Slate ● May 16, 2020
On the flyleaf was the inscription, “To Jim from Francis—Christmas ’51.”
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Coupled with the book's status as an enduring object, it makes sense that readers felt drawn to write their names or doodle in the margins and flyleaves of these books.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
As evidence they introduced 1,000 Bibles with family histories on the flyleaves, old letters, snuff boxes, muskets, a muzzle-loading shotgun, other heirlooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
To think these laughable flyleaves might have any effect!
From Time Magazine Archive
The reference was to a prisoner at Magdeburg who received a book which contained messages written on the flyleaves in lemon juice.
From Lafayette by Crow, Martha Foote
I probably read my favorite psalm, the 45th; but most of my time I spent writing, on the flyleaves, psalms of my own.
From A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Beers, Clifford Whittingham
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