hardbound
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hardbound
Example Sentences
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Yet here, on the Berliners’ own label, is a deluxe set of 24 discs, complete with lavish hardbound book, featuring Karajan and the orchestra in radio broadcasts from 1953 through 1969.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
The package also contains a hardbound book and fold-out poster.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2022
I have nice, hardbound editions of 'The Iliad,' 'The Odyssey,' 'The Aeneid' and others.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2020
But my “Carl Sandberg” was the first book I ever bought for myself, a fat, gray, hardbound volume with a red square.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2018
There was also, poignantly now, a slender, hardbound history of Centralia, prepared to mark the town’s centenary just before the outbreak of the fire.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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