flyleafnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈflaɪ.liːf/us/ˈflaɪ.liːf/plural flyleavesan empty page at the beginning or end of a book next to the cover
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Books & parts of books
- addendum
- artwork
- bibliography
- binder
- binding
- blurb
- chapter
- errata
- erratum
- extract
- folio
- foreword
- frontispiece
- library
- margin
- monograph
- preface
- prologue
- serial
- table
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Examples from literature
- A memorandum book with "E. Harris" written on the flyleaf was picked up on the stairs, but nothing particular was thought of any of these signs.
- And the flyleaf makes an excellent place for a bridge-score if there isn't any other paper handy.
- It still gave him an inexplicable glow of pleasure, the memory of that brownish signature staggering across the flyleaf of "Jessica's First Prayer."
- There comes a sudden resurrection of the rocking-chair brigade, a rush of readers with uplifted fountain-pens, and a general request for the author's autograph upon the flyleaf of his volume.
- Writing on the flyleaf caught his eye.