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bookchest

noun

bookchest

noun

Etymology From book + chest.

1

A chest for the storage of books.

  • Bookchests will be ready for distribution on the 4th Saturday of September and January. Books sent to the respective Circles are charged to the officers.1903, New Jersey. State Board of Education, Annual Report, page 52:
  • He composed hymns, read holy works, and carried his bookchests wherever he went.2013, Nancy Marie Brown, The Abacus and the Cross, page 206:

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