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slip-case
slip-case n.
Brit. 
/ˈslɪpkeɪs/
, /ˈslɪpkeɪs/U.S. /ˈslɪpˌkeɪs/
a close-fitting box with one side open into which a book or books are placed for protection, while allowing the spine to remain visible; also, a similar case for gramophone records or photographic equipment./ˈslɪpˌkeɪs/ΘΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > close-fitting
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sleeve1953
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > encasing or sheathing > that which > close-fitting
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sleeve1953
1930 A. E. Newton This Bk.-collecting Game ii. 20 Many collectors, in binding their books or in having slip cases made for them,..have their novels..in one colour, their poetry in another.
1942 W. Stevens Let. 17 Sept. (1967) 420 I should like the general effect of the binding to be light... There should, of course, be a slip case.
1966 P. J. Kavanagh Perfect Stranger xiii. 187 Why not put all three [volumes] into a slip-case..and sell them as a set?
1977 Gramophone May 1738/2 Decca have also made again available this month an integral recording of the five Beethoven Piano Concertos, previously issued in a slip~case but now in a box.
1979 Amateur Photographer Feb. 54/3 Both versions are supplied in a gift outfit with flash unit, slip case and wrist chain at a price of about £85.
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