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hardback
(hard|back)
Pronunciation:
/ˈhɑːdbak/
noun
a book bound in stiff covers:
[
as modifier
]
:
a hardback edition
Phrases
in hardback
in an edition bound in stiff covers:
the novel was first published in hardback in 1981
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