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| dime novel |
a cheap paperback novel with much adventure or romance. |
| paperbound |
of a book, bound in paper; not hardcover; paperback. |
| pocket book |
a book, esp. a paperback, that is small enough to be carried in a pocket. |
| soft-cover |
a book bound in a flexible cover, esp. of paper; paperback. [1/2 definitions] |
| trade paperback |
a paperback book that resembles a hard cover book in size and content and is sold in bookstores, as opposed to smaller and less expensive paperback books. |
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