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dust jacket

noun

: a paper cover for a book

Examples of dust jacket in a Sentence

The dust jacket was torn.
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Alas, Hollis has chosen to have the floating eyes at the center of the book’s dust jacket artwork (the painting is Celestial Eyes, by Francis Cugat, with the disembodied eyes suggesting the novel’s enduring image of the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg) scan his eyeballs without a smidgen of irony. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 Imagine, though, that all the books ingested by LLM training sets only contained the information on the dust jackets. Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025 Soft dust jackets and hardcover photo books are available in almost every colorway. Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025 Here are six real books coming out this week, with dust jackets that reflect their real contents: mysteries and mishaps, often told with a sly smirk. Colin Dwyer, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dust jacket

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dust jacket was in 1926

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“Dust jacket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20jacket. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

dust jacket

noun
: a removable usually decorative paper cover for a book
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