Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Book-learning; knowledge gained from books.
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- noun Alternative form of
booklore .
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Examples
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When "Smallville" recruited Geoff Johns to write an episode for the show, they expected to get more steeped in comic book-lore than ever before -- they just didn't realize how much.
Comic Book Writer Geoff Johns Throws A Legion-Sized Wrench In ‘Smallville’ 2008
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Just like a young fellow, whose mind is well stored with book-lore, and who goes and plays the robber!
Hung Lou Meng 2003
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He possessed extensive information; but rather that of a man who had moved much about, and observed much, than from book-lore.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Just like a young fellow, whose mind is well stored with book-lore, and who goes and plays the robber!
Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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The glamour of book-lore will spread over it, and hide it from his sight.
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It is well, however, that our humours in book-lore are not all alike, else how tedious would some of these conferences become.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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Some of these clubs (particularly those whose membership is largely local) have commodious quarters where the members may meet at all times, whether to discuss matters of common business interest, to exchange their latest jokes, or to generally discuss book-lore and other congenial topics.
Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs Henry H. Harper
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There is yet another byway of book-collecting which we must study before we may graduate in book-lore.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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Norma knew that he understood everything of that nature, but she liked to impress him, too, and did so far more often than she realized, with her book-lore.
The Beloved Woman Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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Even men buried under a weight of book-lore receive from him inspiration and perception of truth that no books can impart.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909
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