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单词 yellowback
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Definition of yellowback in English:

yellowback

noun ˈjɛlə(ʊ)bakˈjɛloʊˌbæk
historical
  • A cheap novel in a yellow board binding.

    〈史〉黄色硬封面廉价小说

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is some wear but generally this is a very good copy of a yellowback.
    • The volumes shown here are typical examples of Ward & Lock's early small format and later large format yellowbacks.
    • This website celebrates this process with sections on printing technology, illustrations, lithography, wood engraving, the novel, yellowbacks, penny dreadfuls and children's books.
    • This is the first volume in what will be a multi-volume set devoted to a bibliography of over 25 publishers of Victorian yellowbacks and paperbacks.
    • Being victims of their own success, many dime novels and yellowbacks are fragile or in poor repair.
    Synonyms
    volume, tome, work, printed work, publication, title, opus, treatise

Definition of yellowback in US English:

yellowback

nounˈjɛloʊˌbækˈyelōˌbak
historical
  • A cheap and typically sensational novel, with a yellow board or cloth binding.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is some wear but generally this is a very good copy of a yellowback.
    • Being victims of their own success, many dime novels and yellowbacks are fragile or in poor repair.
    • The volumes shown here are typical examples of Ward & Lock's early small format and later large format yellowbacks.
    • This website celebrates this process with sections on printing technology, illustrations, lithography, wood engraving, the novel, yellowbacks, penny dreadfuls and children's books.
    • This is the first volume in what will be a multi-volume set devoted to a bibliography of over 25 publishers of Victorian yellowbacks and paperbacks.
    Synonyms
    volume, tome, work, printed work, publication, title, opus, treatise
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