Book-case

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of bookcase. alt-of, archaic

    "On one side of the room was a large coffer, whose carving was worn smooth and shining with time; and on the other was a cumbrous book-case, filled with large and silver-clasped tomes."

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"On one side of the room was a large coffer, whose carving was worn smooth and shining with time; and on the other was a cumbrous book-case, filled with large and silver-clasped tomes."

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