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Gideon Bible

British

noun

a Bible purchased by members of a Christian organization ( Gideons ) and placed in a hotel room, hospital ward, etc

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Rose pulled the Gideon Bible from the nightstand and flipped through it for inspiration before landing on Jeremiah 29:13.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2020

It’s on the Criterion channel, the Gideon Bible of this survivalist season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2020

The closest Soloway’s Chris comes to this thrilling state is glancing at the Gideon Bible she finds in a motel room.

From The New Yorker • May 15, 2017

For a while, she carried around a small green Gideon Bible in a little purse everywhere she went.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2016

I looked through the Gideon Bible in my motel room for tales of great destruction.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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