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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A blank or specially printed leaf at the beginning or end of a book.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A blank leaf at the beginning or end of a book; the blank leaf of a folded circular, program, or the like.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A blank leaf in the front of back or a book.

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  • noun A blank page at the front or back of a book.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a blank leaf in the front or back of a book

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Examples

  • | Reply lies, flyleaf is awesome, That was a bad remix of the song.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Amazing Machinima music video 2007

  • On the flyleaf were his initials R.D., the letters of the handkerchief, and underneath C.D. freshly written.

    Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

  • On the flyleaf was a Greek elegiac couplet in which Dover had managed (1) to use in an apposite and humorous way a Greek word whose meaning we had discussed in a co-authored article, disputing its translation with John Finnis; (2) to express pleasure at the collaboration; and (3) to compare the "daring" outspokenness of our article to that of his own memoir-all with not only impeccable meter and style, but also graciousness, wit, and elegance.

    The New Republic - All Feed Martha C. Nussbaum 2010

  • Inside the flyleaf was a white envelope with the name Terry written on it, in Ernie’s appalling script.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • Inside the flyleaf was a white envelope with the name Terry written on it, in Ernie’s appalling script.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • Inside the flyleaf was a white envelope with the name Terry written on it, in Ernie’s appalling script.

    Walls of Silence Philip Jolowicz 2002

  • The front free flyleaf was gone, removing half of that double page spread.

    MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves 2009

  • I picked it up and saw that the front free flyleaf (or FFF, a term I had never heard) was gone exposing the title page when you open up the book.

    Geek With (Lots of) Books: Super Special Secret Origin 2009

  • In his illustrious career, only one academic title seems to have eluded him: scuba-diving instructor at Tufts, a job he sought, he says, because it would have amused him to list the credential on the "flyleaf of my next book."

    The Man Who Defined Deviancy Up Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • For reasons that gradually become clear, these rules call to mind the "general resolves" scribbled on the flyleaf of a Hopalong Cassidy book by the young title character in the "The Great Gatsby."

    A Spirited Climb Into Café Society Joanne Kaufman 2011

  • In hardback books one half is pasted to the inside of the cover and the other half is free- this is sometimes known as the flyleaf.

    Anatomy of a book [Part 2]: the inside - The Library Blog Learning Services Team 2019

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  • A blank leaf, sometimes more than one, following the front free endpaper, or at the end of a book where there is not sufficient text to fill out the last few pages.

    February 25, 2008