book pocket
noun
1A pocket attached to the inside cover of a book, especially one in a library book, into which is inserted a card bearing the name of the reader borrowing the book and the date when it is due to be returned.
2A pocket which can accommodate a book.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Library Journal.
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- be (or come) late to the party
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- be (or find oneself) in a minority of one
- be (or get) across something
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- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)
- be (or look) a picture
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- be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes
- be (or stand) in awe of
- Beothuk
- be out of here (or there)
- be out of (or have gone out with) the ark
- be out on one's ear
- be over