flyleaf

[ flahy-leef ]

/ ˈflaɪˌlif /

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noun, plural fly·leaves.

a blank leaf in the front or the back of a book.

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Origin of flyleaf

1825–35; fly² (noun, in combination: something fastened by the edge) + leaf

Words nearby flyleaf

Flying Tigers, flying wedge, flying wing, fly in the face of, fly in the ointment, flyleaf, fly line, flyman, fly net, Flynn, flyoff

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How to use flyleaf in a sentence

It lay open to the flyleaf, and there was an inscription penned in the fine handwriting that engravers try so hard to copy.
The Lone Ranger Rides|Fran Striker
Would it tire you very much to write it for me in the flyleaf of this Prayer-Book that Mr. Charnock has given me?
The Three Brides|Charlotte M. Yonge
With a silver pencil she wrote her name and address on the flyleaf of Persuasion, and gave the book to Rachel.
The Voyage Out|Virginia Woolf
I combine here the data of the two lists, calling the list on the flyleaf A and that on the lower margin B.
Henry the Sixth|John Blacman

Heber has inscribed a MS. note on the flyleaf to this effect.
The Confessions of a Collector|William Carew Hazlitt

British Dictionary definitions for flyleaf

flyleaf

/ (ˈflaɪˌliːf) /

noun plural -leaves

the inner leaf of the endpaper of a book, pasted to the first leaf

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