What does book-ghoul mean?
Book-ghoul means (rare) Person who vandalizes books by ripping their pages out and stealing them.
Book-ghoul
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Book-ghoul is a noun meaning (rare) Person who vandalizes books by ripping their pages out and stealing them.
Meaning
(rare) Person who vandalizes books by ripping their pages out and stealing them.
Example Sentences
And the front doors were locked. Locked for what? Burglary? Ol' book-ghoul come to retrieve his pictures from E-boney?
I bought the text of the volume on bulbs for a dollar. It had been priced at a hundred dollars before some book-ghoul tore out the fifty-eight plates to use as decorations for lamp shades and scrap baskets.
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.
Word Forms
- book-ghouls
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ghoul, biblioklept, bibliosnitch, book-boy, grave robber, ghoster.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do you use book-ghoul in a sentence?
And the front doors were locked. Locked for what? Burglary? Ol' book-ghoul come to retrieve his pictures from E-boney?
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