bouquinistn.
/ˈbuːkɪnɪst/ A dealer in second hand books of little value.
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bouquinist1840
1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 493 The students, besides, are the property of the bouquinists (we want the term in our language).
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n.1840- to wear goat'goat horns
- to wear goat's horns
- to wear late, short
- to wear many hats
- to wear motley
- to wear on
- to wear on or to the thread
- to wear one's arm in a scarf or sling
- to wear one's fingers to the bone
- to wear one's heart on one's in one's mouth
- to wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- to wear one's heart on one's tongue
- to wear one's heart upon one's sleeve
- to wear one's learning lightly
- to wear oneself to a shadow
- to wear out
- to wear out, forth
- to wear papers
- to wear petticoats
- to wear the blanket
- to wear the breeches
- to wear the bull's feather
- to wear the goat'goat horns
- to wear the goat's horns
- to wear the green willow