Remove just one letter from a lucky four-leaf plant, and I become the hard outer shell of a book. What word was I originally?
Clover
If you take the letter 'L' out of the word 'clover,' you are left with 'cover,' which is the outer binding of a book. The clue references the lucky four-leaf variety associated with Irish tradition.
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