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book-boys

book-boys is the plural of book-boy.

Meaning of book-boy

Noun

book-boy (plural book-boys)

  1. (dated) A young male assigned to retrieve books, especially for patrons in a library.
    • A Battledore boy or Horn-book-boy.1693, W. Robertson, Phraseologia Generalis, page 215

Questions about book-boys

What is book-boys the plural of?
Book-boys is the plural of book-boy.

Words near book-boys in the dictionary

  1. book-bearer
  2. book-bearers
  3. book-bosomed
  4. book-bound
  5. book-boy
  6. book-boys
  7. book-building
  8. book-buildings
  9. book-burner
  10. book-burners
  11. book-burning

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