What does misshelve mean?
Misshelve means (transitive) To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify..
She scoured the library for misshelved volumes, reread five surrounding volumes, reviewed her early notes but never found that paragraph imprinted in her memory, “the words filling less than half a page, the address on Clark Street, the remarks about her appearance, all of which where typed up by a machine in need of new ribbon.”
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Misshelve means (transitive) To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify..
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She scoured the library for misshelved volumes, reread five surrounding volumes, reviewed her early notes but never found that paragraph imprinted in her memory, “the words filling less than half a page, the address on Clark Street, the remarks about her appearance, all of which where typed up by a machine in need of new ribbon.”
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