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slip-case

slip-case is the alternative spelling of slip case.

Meaning of slip case

Noun

slip case (plural slip cases)

  1. A removable protective covering for a book etc
    • for, if there should appear a pocket-book, which may be drawn up by a riband from its slip case . . . the child would seize upon these with delight.1835, Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Practical Education

Forms of slip-case

pluralslip-cases

Questions about slip-case

What is slip-case the alternative spelling of?
Slip-case is the alternative spelling of slip case.

Words near slip-case in the dictionary

  1. slip under
  2. slip under the radar
  3. slip up
  4. slip-and-slide
  5. slip-and-slides
  6. slip-case
  7. slip-cases
  8. slip-cueing
  9. slip-halter
  10. slip-halters
  11. slip-on

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