slip case

See also: slipcase and slip-case

English

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• slip-case

Noun

slip case (plural slip cases)

1. A removable protective covering for a book etc
   • 1835, Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Practical Education:

     for, if there should appear a pocket-book, which may be drawn up by a riband from its slip case . . . the child would seize upon these with delight.

   • 2003 Miriam A. Drake - Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

     If a noble book suggests the need of a noble binding, consider a chemise inserted into a tastefully decorated slip case, leaving the book in its original state.

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