hardcover

hardcover
hardcovered, adj.
/hahrd"kuv"euhr/, n.
1. a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
adj.
2. bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: a hardcover series.
3. noting or pertaining to hardcover books: hardcover sales. Cf. paperback.
Also, hardback.
[1945-50; HARD + COVER]

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Universalium. 2010.

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