bookmobile

[boo k-muh-beel, -moh-]

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noun

an automobile, small truck, or trailer constructed to carry books and serve as a traveling library, as for communities where libraries are not accessible.

Origin of bookmobile

First recorded in 1935–40; book + -mobile

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Contemporary Examples of bookmobile

For example, the bookmobile was a WPA program—old bread and milk trucks full of nailed-up shelves.
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British Dictionary definitions for bookmobile

bookmobile

noun

US and Canadian a vehicle providing lending library facilitiesAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): mobile library

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