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(literary, archaic) Describing an individual who carries a book at all times..
The dwarf espied the mighty Book! Much he marvelled, a knight of pride, Like a book-bosom'd priest, should ride.
Many a dreamy hour have I wandered in this delicious solitude, not ‘book-bosomed’; for, at such times, my rule is peu lire, pense beaucoup.
Old Morough..spoke of a lot of book-bosomed monks to sentinel us, and an exorcist to expel us.
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Book-bosomed means (literary, archaic) Describing an individual who carries a book at all times..
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The dwarf espied the mighty Book! Much he marvelled, a knight of pride, Like a book-bosom'd priest, should ride.
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