bookchest

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

book +‎ chest

Noun[edit]

bookchest (plural bookchests)

  1. A chest for the storage of books.
    • 1903, New Jersey. State Board of Education, Annual Report, page 52:
      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.
    • 2013, Nancy Marie Brown, The Abacus and the Cross, page 206:
      He composed hymns, read holy works, and carried his bookchests wherever he went.
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