slipcover

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Interestingly, a slipcover is included, possibly to make up for cut outs in the plastic case - a simple innovation that at least removes a fraction of plastic from manufacturing.

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  1. noun A fitted removable cover of cloth or other material for a piece of upholstered furniture.
  2. transitive verb To provide with slipcovers or a slipcover.

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  • The back side of the slipcover, which has copious amounts of this green, has the symbol that has been used since the beginning as it was found on Goku's back. —  Mania News Feed
  • Criterion has strayed from the usual Blu-ray packaging and instead used an outer slipcover, thicker and more attractive than what houses the Eclipse sets, with a fold out digipak inside. —  DVD Times
  • The Last Metro with a slipcover, housed over a thin, hinged case, which when opened reveals the disc on the right and an insert booklet nestled in flap made to look like theater seats, with the come-hither eyes of Deneuve on the booklet peeking over the top. —  digitallyOBSESSED.com DVD News and Reviews
  • A custom slipcover might be taken into consideration, but I don't want anything frilly. —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • First, they have reinstated the original poster art, both on the cover and on the nicely embossed slipcover, which is a major improvement over the tacky work on the previous release. —  digitallyOBSESSED.com DVD News and Reviews
 

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