airport book
nounEtymology
From the buying of such books directly from airports.
Definitions
A book to be read in one sitting, especially during plane travel.
- Modern readers recognize the quiet, lone hours spent by Henry James’s character Isabel Archer, that immersive reading experienced not only by devotees of James but by escapist fans of the genre known as “airport books.”
- Thirdly, this book is aimed at educated non-specialists. It is harder to read than an airport book, but at the same time far more rewarding.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for airport book. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA