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soft-cover

American

[sawft-kuhv-er, soft-] / ˈsɔftˌkʌv ər, ˈsɒft- /

noun

paperback.

soft-cover British

adjective

a less common word for paperback

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Etymology

Origin of soft-cover

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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So many alleged wills have turned up that a Nevada promoter bound them together in a soft-cover book that sells for $5.

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The ads will put close to $1,500,000 into the Democratic till, and the party hopes to boost its gross well beyond $2,000,000 by selling hard-cover copies for $10, soft-cover versions for $5.

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Only the young novelist comes out all right: he gets the girl, his book is snapped up by Doubleday and a book club, and should do extremely well in soft-cover editions.

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Last week, capping one of the most successful book promotions in history, they sold the paperback rights to Dell Publishing Co. for $750,000, an exceptionally large soft-cover advance.

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So intense is public interest in its findings that a soft-cover version published by Bantam Books is already well on its way to the bestseller lists.

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