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bookmobile

[ book-muh-beel, -moh- ]
/ ˈbʊk məˌbil, -moʊ- /
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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.
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Origin of bookmobile

First recorded in 1935–40; book + -mobile
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British Dictionary definitions for bookmobile

bookmobile
/ (ˈbʊkməˌbiːl) /

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