Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of bookend.
- n. poker, slang An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em as the cards are the first and last in a top straight
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookend.
Examples
“The men on either side of the congressman, who actually look like twin bookends ..... one is actually smurking!”
“A pair of ceramic fish as bookends is a simple way to add this symbol of good fortune to your home.”
“Down a few steps, the backside of the fountain bookends one side of a 75-foot room that encompasses a reading area, living room, dining area and kitchen.”
“The backside of the fountain bookends one side of a 75-foot room that encompasses a reading area, living room, dining area and kitchen.”
“So for me, the bookends were The Jerk and Mr. Show.”
“You will recall the bookends with my watching Paul Tsongas withdraw from the race on C-SPAN.”
The Five Myths of Television Power: Or, Why the Medium is Not the Message
“The recalled bookends, which are painted and shaped into characters of the Harry Potter book series, were sold at elementary school fundraising programs and discount and dollar stores nationwide from June 2004 through January 2006.”
“But no, we worked on our songs together and we were called "bookends" because we were the short girls out of the six.”
“In fiction, I am always interested in what I refer to as "bookends".”
“And then "Love, etc." -- you know, it's amazing: It's 26 years later, and it kind of bookends the whole era.”
Ariston Anderson: Pet Shop Boys Write Social History 1983-2009
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bookends’.
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Wordnik Spam Inquiries
We get a lot of spam emails at Wordnik that fit this pattern: "Mr Bob Wilson here and i will like to know if you do have X for sale". The words on this list represent a subset of such requested items.
burnisher, shaper vise, salt spreader, soil pulveriser, bible, flutes, baffles, crucifix cross, proofer, gazebo, real bubble wrap, roller tray and 206 more...
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Former ghosts
Ghost words that I've adopted because the original listers abandoned them. Yarb has more in his Adoption agency, and many orphlings are tagged as ghosted, ghost phrases, misspellings, or typos.
orphling, listkeeper, grandmotherly, scroogish, theocon, frownie, afternoons, loggin, supercalliwhat, avunculate, kokako, stygimolochs and 379 more...
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