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book-edge gilder

book-edge gilder noun: a person whose occupation is to gild the edges of books.

Noun

book-edge gilder (plural book-edge gilders)

  1. (historical) A person whose occupation is to gild the edges of books.

Forms of book-edge gilder

pluralbook-edge gilders

Questions about book-edge gilder

What does book-edge gilder mean?
Book-edge gilder means a person whose occupation is to gild the edges of books.
What part of speech is book-edge gilder?
Book-edge gilder is a noun.
What is the plural of book-edge gilder?
The plural of book-edge gilder is book-edge gilders.

Words near book-edge gilder in the dictionary

  1. book-cloths
  2. book-crab
  3. book-crabs
  4. book-debt
  5. book-debts
  6. book-edge gilder
  7. book-edge gilders
  8. book-edge marbler
  9. book-edge marblers
  10. book-end
  11. book-ended

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