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- noun Plural form of
bookhouse .
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Examples
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The Frank Reade Company, the Beadles, and other cheap bookhouses made immense fortunes, and received a very large proportion of the pocket money of boys from Maine to Texas.
Idle Comments 1905
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The iron-jawed Margarito was a 4-1 favorite at several Las Vegas bookhouses in the days leading up to the fight, but was knocked down twice.
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