airport fiction

airport fiction
the type of popular fiction sold at airports for reading in-flight or on holiday

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  • airport fiction — noun A style of fiction that makes few demands on the reader, considered suitable for reading on holiday • • • Main Entry: ↑air * * * airport fiction UK US noun [uncountable] novels that are enjoyable and easy to read that you buy at an airport… …   Useful english dictionary

  • airport fiction — n [U] books that are not very serious, and that people buy at airports to read when they are on a plane journey …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • airport fiction — UK / US noun [uncountable] novels that are enjoyable and easy to read that you buy at an airport to read on your flight …   English dictionary

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