flyleaf
noun
a blank leaf in the front or the back of a book.
flyleaves
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pluralof flyleaf.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Many such naïve and explicit records as that on the drawing which Raphael sent him are to be found in the flyleaves of books and on the margins of prints and drawings, his possessions.
From Albert Durer by T. Sturge Moore
Take the sections of the flyleaves on top, which should be notched the same as the saw cuts in the book sections, and place them against the strings in the frame.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
