bookbinder
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Origin of bookbinder
1300–50; Middle English bok-bindere; see book, binder ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The volumes will be dried, sent to a bookbinder and restored before being returned to the shelves.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
His father, a furniture executive, was also an amateur bookbinder and nourished in his son a love of books.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022
A former bookbinder, he was classically trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and performed in theatre before his big film break came in the form of "The Lord of Rings."
From Salon • Jul. 23, 2022
He worked full time as a bookbinder for six decades until cutting back in recent years to become a painter.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2021
A pair of scissors for a tailor, a gold lamb for a wool weaver, a basin for a barber, a painted wooden book for a bookbinder, a large swinging compass for an instrument- maker.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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