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Posted By: wwh biblioklept - 02/10/04 05:00 PM
Date: Fri Jun 16 00:05:09 EDT 2000
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--biblioklept

biblioklept (BIB-lee-uh-klept) noun

A person who steals books.

[Biblio- book + Greek klept thief.]

I remember a Robert Louis Stevenson quote, that none of his
friends were mathematicians, but many were good book-keepers.

Posted By: belMarduk Re: biblioklept - 02/10/04 08:49 PM
Do you think this is what he meant?

Posted By: wwh Re: biblioklept - 02/10/04 09:15 PM
Dear belMarduk: He didn't mean they had stolen them. But he was clearly annoyed with them.

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