flyleaf

[ flahy-leef ]

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noun

plural flyleaves.

a blank leaf in the front or the back of a book.

flyleaf

/ ˈ�ڱ��ɪˌ��ː�� /

noun

the inner leaf of the endpaper of a book, pasted to the first leaf

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flyleaf¹

1825–35; fly ² (noun, in combination: something fastened by the edge) + leaf

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Example Sentences

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After trimming the nib, the scribe would usually test the pen on a blank piece of parchment or flyleaf to make sure that his letters were legible.

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In 1993, his lawyers succeeded in forcing the publisher of a book by Harry Hurt III, “Lost Tycoon,” to add an explanation of the encounter on the book’s flyleaf.

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Nat opened one of the books and read the name on the flyleaf.

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Perhaps in the 16th Century it was already hard to read, or the flyleaf was loose?

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She looked at the four entries on the flyleaf.

From

fly in the ointment fly line

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