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单词 paper worm
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paper worm
paper worm n. Obsolete (a) a person who wastes or ruins paper (cf. bookworm n. 2); (b) = bookworm n. 1.
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society > communication > reading > reader > [noun] > one devoted to reading
bookworm1580
helluo librorum1635
paper worm1646
reading machine1809
bibliophagist1881
1646 M. Nedham Independencie no Schisme To Rdr. sig. A2v Have a little patience; for I must needs throw away some Ink upon this Paper-worme, this great benefactor to the Magazine of waste paper.
1650 Mercurius Politicus No. 7. 100 In my opinion, next to Wil. Pryn, and the Mercurial Pamphleters, this old Doctor is one of the greatest Paper-worms that ever crept into a Closet, or a Library.
1812 I. D'Israeli Calamities of Authors II. 110 Prynne..proved himself to be one of the greatest paper worms which ever crept into old books and mouldy records.]
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