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 ● 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
Here are six large bookstores, several binderies, twelve or fifteen printing-offices, from which are issued ten weekly, four triweekly, four daily, four monthly, and one quarterly publications.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
The terms end papers, fly leaves and waste papers are used in different binderies with much the same meaning.
From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey
