bookery
noun 2
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4ADJ.
renewed
VERB + BOOKERY
take
PREP.
up, with
ADV.
again
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noun
1
a collection of books
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
study of or passion for books
Hood returned to London looking and feeling well and ready to take up his "bookery" again with renewed zest.
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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.
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Hood returned to London looking and feeling well and ready to take up his "bookery" again with renewed zest.
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