clothbound
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of clothbound
Example Sentences
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Fraudsters posing as legitimate wholesalers for a major French retailer were sent the 950 clothbound cheeses, which are worth more than £300,000, before it was realised they were a fake firm.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024
The Kirkland cheese flight, with five cheeses ranging from an Italian sheep's milk cheese with truffles to a Cabot clothbound mature cheddar, is only $19.99.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2021
It is a relic of an earlier age, before social media arrived to drink the humble clothbound keepsake’s milkshake.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2018
When the professor’s papers were transferred to the archives, his own sand-colored, clothbound 5-by-8-inch notebooks, which covered the period of the streptomycin discovery, were included in the 60 boxes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2012
They sit in circles on the floor, singing songs by Nazrul and Tagore, passing a thick yellow clothbound book of lyrics among them as Dilip Nandi plays the harmonium.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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