butterfly gate

butterfly gate
 n.β€” Β«The insert was among several in the Nov. 15 issue, celebrating the magazine’s 40th anniversary. All the inserts were what the industry calls butterfly gatesβ€”ad pages on the outside, which unfold to reveal pages of articles inside.Β» β€”β€œAntismoking Activist Calls Rolling Stone Insert ’One Great Big Cigarette Ad'” by Stuart Elliot New York Times Nov. 26, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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