page-turner

See also: pageturner

English

Alternative forms

pageturner

Noun

page-turner (plural page-turners)

A written work which is sufficiently interesting or suspenseful to keep the reader 'turning the pages'.
(music) A person who is responsible for turning the pages of another musician's (especially a pianist or organist's) sheet music during a performance.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see page,‎ turner.

Translations

suspenseful written work

Finnish: lukunautinto
Polish: czytadło (pl) n, wciągająca książka f
Swedish: bladvändare (sv) c

person who turns another musician's pages

French: tourneur de pages m, tourneuse de pages f
German: Notenwender m, Notenumblätterer m, Umblätterer m, Seitenumblätterer m
Italian: voltapagine m or f
Swedish: bladvändare (sv) c

See also

cliffhanger

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