Definitions
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- noun A
room in whichbooks are kept; alibrary .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Turning a library into a bookroom is backward thinking.
May 2009 2009
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Turning a library into a bookroom is backward thinking.
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True, every room in the house could have been called a bookroom - it would have been more natural to live without clothes than without books.
Evening Standard - Home David Cohen 2011
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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” —
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2010
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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” —
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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I time my visits to the bathroom to coincide with trips to the mailboxes/printer/bookroom — heaven forbid I leave my chair for only one reason.
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I time my visits to the bathroom to coincide with trips to the mailboxes/printer/bookroom — heaven forbid I leave my chair for only one reason.
How book publicists can be more efficient « The Book Publicity Blog 2009
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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” —
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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Deliberately I rise from my chair and, in a thoughtful and scholarly motion, proceed into the bookroom.
The Art of 'I Told You So' Jan Morris 2011
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Deliberately I rise from my chair and, in a thoughtful and scholarly motion, proceed into the bookroom.
Telling Them So Jan Morris 2011
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