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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

  • n. a repository for books, library; store of books

Etymologies

From book +‎ house. Compare Middle English bochous ("library"), from Old English bōchūs ("library, bookhouse"). (Wiktionary)

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