WHAT IS A BOOKSNEAF?
WINNING WORD IN COMPETITION. The pest who borrows your favourite books and does not return them is to ho known in future as a booksneaf. The Institute offered a library of 50 books as a prize for the best designation of book-lovers of politely thieving habits. Three judges were appointed as a committee, and from thousands of suggestions they selected "booksneaf" as the winning word. The new word has been invented fcy the Book Publishers' Research Institute of New York.
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18242, 16 July 1931, Page 4
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84WHAT IS A BOOKSNEAF? Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18242, 16 July 1931, Page 4
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