bindery
noun
a place where books are bound.
binderies
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pluralof bindery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He arrived in Washington 30 years ago, became a U.S. citizen, and in 2000 was well into a career at local binderies when a forwarding job opened at the Government Printing Office.
From Washington Post β Dec. 27, 2010
But the big snag is the shortage of men in binderies and shipping rooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every day, the Sisters hauled paper by the armload out of the cell to be shredded and soaked and re-pulped into new sheets in the binderies in the basement.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Printing offices and book binderies are peculiarly subject to fires, and many editions have thus been consumed before more than a few copies have been issued.
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
"Oh, everything: waitress in a summer boarding-house, novelty goods, binderies, shirt-waists, stores, anything we can get."
From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Dorothy Richardson
