livre de poche
French
Etymology
A French equivalent to pocketbook &c. Popularized after 1953 by the successful Le Livre de Poche imprint.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.vʁə d(ə) pɔʃ/
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Noun
livre de poche m (plural livres de poche)
- a small cheap paperback book; a pocketbook
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, OCLC 59891543, page 52:
- Yes, that does happen to be a first edition... But I assure you that a foul yellow livre de poche would have been just as useful to me.
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