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bacover

bacover noun: back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium.

Noun

bacover (plural bacovers)

  1. (dated, slang) Back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium.
    • Gleefully we perused those two copies, noting such achievements as a five-color bacover (counting black).1951 November, Lee Hoffman, “The Ether Jiggles”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 1, page 3
    • They are a sort of bacover-quote, a lot of "-actual incredible things fans have said to one another."1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Eavesdroppings

Synonyms of bacover

Forms of bacover

pluralbacovers

Origin of bacover

Blend of back + cover.

Questions about bacover

What does bacover mean?
Bacover means back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium.
What part of speech is bacover?
Bacover is a noun.
What is the plural of bacover?
The plural of bacover is bacovers.

Words near bacover in the dictionary

  1. bacosides
  2. Bacot
  3. Bacote
  4. Bacotes
  5. Bacots
  6. bacover
  7. bacovers
  8. bacrna
  9. bacrnas
  10. bacronym
  11. bacronymed

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