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book-ghouls

book-ghouls is the plural of book-ghoul.

Meaning of book-ghoul

Noun

book-ghoul (plural book-ghouls)

  1. (rare) Person who vandalizes books by ripping their pages out and stealing them.
    • There is a thievish nature more hateful than the biblioklept. The Book-Ghoul is he who combines the larceny of the biblioklept with the abominable wickedness of breaking up and mutilating the volumes from which he steals.1881, Andrew Lang, The Library, page 56

Questions about book-ghouls

What is book-ghouls the plural of?
Book-ghouls is the plural of book-ghoul.

Words near book-ghouls in the dictionary

  1. book-ending
  2. book-ends
  3. book-farmer
  4. book-farmers
  5. book-ghoul
  6. book-ghouls
  7. book-holder
  8. book-holders
  9. book-hunt
  10. book-hunted
  11. book-hunting

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