Definition of paperback
:a book with a flexible paper binding
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Examples of paperback in a Sentence
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
The book is sold only in paperback.
Recent Examples of paperback from the Web
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The paperback book is $14.99, available at the event and through online booksellers, such as Amazon.
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Books are 25 cents for paperback, 50 cents for hardcovers and up to $2 for select titles.
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Bubble wrap and sewing machines and stacks of paperbacks and coffee tins stuffed with paintbrushes.
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Nor do I. Franken had to append a footnote to the paperback edition explaining that this was a joke.
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Her most recent book, Live Fast, Die Hot is available in paperback wherever books are sold.
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Here was one of the greatest novels ever written in English, implicatively categorized with the gaudy trade paperbacks on sale at your local ShopRite.
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Books are priced $2 for hardbacks and $1 for paperbacks.
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Books are priced $2 for hardbacks and $1 for paperbacks.
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First Known Use of paperback
1843
PAPERBACK Defined for English Language Learners
paperback
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noun
Definition of paperback for English Language Learners
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: a book that has a thick paper cover
PAPERBACK Defined for Kids
paperback
play
noun
pa·per·back
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ˈpā-pər-ˌbak
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Definition of paperback for Students
:a book with a flexible paper binding
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