Bookery

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a collection of books countable

    "The young lady of the period, whose average reading was one new novel per diem, had long before sought pastures new at Cobb's, or other bookeries."

  2. 2
    study of or passion for books uncountable

    "Hood returned to London looking and feeling well and ready to take up his "bookery" again with renewed zest."

Synonyms

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library

Example

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"The young lady of the period, whose average reading was one new novel per diem, had long before sought pastures new at Cobb's, or other bookeries."

Etymology

From book + -ery.

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