Definitions

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  • noun a repository for books, library; store of books

Etymologies

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From book +‎ house. Compare Middle English bochous ("library"), from Old English bōchūs ("library, bookhouse").

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  • There was a much larger turnout than I expected and we packed the little airconditioned office at the "bookhouse", the warehouse where the FoL has their twice a year booksales to raise extra funds for the Alachua County Library District.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Darlene 2006

  • There was a much larger turnout than I expected and we packed the little airconditioned office at the "bookhouse", the warehouse where the FoL has their twice a year booksales to raise extra funds for the Alachua County Library District.

    Darlene's Digest Darlene 2006

  • Image taken on 2008-02-17 14: 57: 54 by bookhouse boy.

    How are ESL elementary students taught in US public school? « Esl Literacy « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2009

  • I always assumed I was the only one who ever saw that, bookhouse, to the point that I was beginning to wonder if I had hallucinated it.

    Popular Comments Across MetaFilter 2009

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