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blurb / blərb/ • n. a short description of a book, movie, or other product written for promotional purposes and appearing on the cover of a book or in an advertisement.• v. [tr.] inf. write or contribute such a passage for (a book, movie, or other product).

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blurb (orig. U.S.) publisher's commendatory advertisement. XX. of unkn. orig.

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