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bookling

bookling noun: a short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.

Noun

bookling (plural booklings)

  1. A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
    • A bit of a bookling of some thirty pages, but one of great utility, inasmuch as it contains Tables by which the value of cattle, grain, &c. &c., may be ascertained at a glance, with the utmost ease and near approach to extreme accuracy.1826, “Review of The Farmer, Grazier, and Corn Merchant’s Pocket Companion” in The Literary Gazette; and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c. for the Year 1826 (London: James Moyes...
    • Then the proud, who love to see large octavos and duodecimos in vain bindings on their shelves, may have their fancy's fill, while to every sincere lover of literature shall be given his little light bookling, to be read abed, or lounged with in an easy-chair, or to be unpocketed for a taste of its...1890 March, “The Lightness of Books and Their Form”, in The Bookmart, volume 7, number 82

Forms of bookling

pluralbooklings

Origin of bookling

From book + -ling.

Questions about bookling

What does bookling mean?
Bookling means a short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
What part of speech is bookling?
Bookling is a noun.
What is the plural of bookling?
The plural of bookling is booklings.

Words near bookling in the dictionary

  1. booklifts
  2. booklight
  3. booklights
  4. booklike
  5. booklined
  6. bookling
  7. booklings
  8. booklist
  9. booklists
  10. booklore
  11. booklouse

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