bookbindery


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book·bind·er·y

 (bo͝ok′bīn′də-rē)
n. pl. book·bind·er·ies
An establishment where books are bound.
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bookbindery

(ˈbʊkˌbaɪndərɪ)
n, pl -eries
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a place in which books are bound. Often shortened to: bindery
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Noun1.bookbindery - a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books
workshop, shop - small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
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'Bakery,' 'Grocery,' and 'Bookbindery,' and other kind of store, took its shutters down for the first time, and started in business yesterday.
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"Being around boys, I was slowly coming to realise, was fun," she writes in the book that comes out this week and for which she and her husband, former US President Barack Obama, were paid a joint advance fee of $65 million (Sh6.5 billion).In her gap year, she worked in a bookbindery, where she met another prospective boyfriend, David.
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public tasting ($65 per person.) The BookBindery, 8919 Lindblade St., Culver City, Calif.
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