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page-turner
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
many, real
VERB + PAGE-TURNER
got, time
PAGE-TURNER + NOUN
it's
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly.
Her debut novel is such a page-turner that it's one of those books that you can't put down.
This is a very fat novel. The first thing you want to do with it is send it to a hospital for one of those crisis diets. Cut out 300 pages and maybe you've got a page-turner that could stand off "The Firm."
2
A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician’s (especially a pianist or organist’s) sheet music during a performance.
She's a famous soloist today, but she did her time as a page-turner, just as many others have done.
3
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see page, turner.
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Her debut novel is such a page-turner that it's one of those books that you can't put down.
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This is a very fat novel. The first thing you want to do with it is send it to a hospital for one of those crisis diets. Cut out 300 pages and maybe you've got a page-turner that could stand off "The
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She's a famous soloist today, but she did her time as a page-turner, just as many others have done.
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This book is a real page-turner.
Tatoeba · #913382805
The book is a real page-turner.
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