bookbindery
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bookbindery
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; bookbinder + -ry
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When free from menial prison jobs in the bookbindery and pants factory, he nurtured a longtime interest in writing by taking a correspondence course in English literature and teaching himself touch typing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grofe's family in-tended him for business so at 14 he ran away, became an elevator operator, then a truckman, a milkman, a heaver in an iron foundry, a pressman in a bookbindery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Overnight, it turned his bookbindery into a big business.
From Time Magazine Archive
By day at the bookbindery, we glue gunned our way into a companionable oblivion, wisecracking until there was nothing left to say.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
David’s mom worked at the bookbindery and had helped get the two of us jobs there.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
They were experts, which is to say: lawyers, merchants, owners of printing-plants and bookbinderies.
From My Life and My Efforts by Olesch, Gunther
Turpentine varnishes are no longer generally used in bookbinderies; in colour printing copal and amber varnishes are used.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
The majority of bookbinderies, large and small, use a strong linen hemp-spun thread for sewing, the strength of which depends upon the weight and size of the sheets to be sewn.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
An iron press with two uprights will be found sufficient even for heavy use in most bookbinderies.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
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