单词 | book hunting |
释义 | > as lemmasbook hunting book hunting n. the action or occupation of searching for old or rare books to buy. ΚΠ 1697 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris 117 I am resolved I'll never go a book-hunting after the genuine Epistles of Phalaris; though some body has cheated the World with a parcel of false ones. 1884 Cent. Mag. Dec. 174/2 As wreckers visit the coast of stormy days, so you should time your book-hunting aright. 1901 Academy 26 Oct. 375/1 Book-Hunting... There are still possibilities in this least ‘tradey’ of trades. 1997 L. Goldstone & N. Goldstone Used & Rare 36 While other families trundled off..for a day of downhill or cross-country skiing, we went book hunting. < as lemmas |
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