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  • noun Plural form of bookhound.

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  • This is, as all serious bookhounds know, a real problem.

    APED: "erica quimby maria mcrae" hradzka 2009

  • After all, there are so many more non-readers than bibliophiles, people who, once out of school, never willingly pick up another book in their lifetimes, that the set of circumstances that produce inveterate bookhounds must be rare indeed.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Beginning today, March 17, 2010 - St. Patrick's Day - Irish bookhounds and hounds of rare Irish books, art, and eiriana - or simply those...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Beginning today, March 17, 2010 - St. Patrick's Day - Irish bookhounds and hounds of rare Irish books, art, and eiriana - or simply those blessed with the luck o 'the Irish - can get a sneak-peek at a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow when Bloomsbury - New York previews The Irish Sale, to be held next Tuesday, March 23, 2010, presumably to allow hangovers ample time to subside prior to bidding.

    Rare Irish Books, Including First Edition 'Ulysses,' Up For Auction For St. Patrick's Day 2010

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