Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The study of text-books, as distinguished from experimental studies, or from instruction imparted by lectures.
- noun In printing, work on books and pamphlets, as distinguished from newspaper-work and job-work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.
- noun Study; application to books.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Accounts,
book keeping work - noun The
art andscience offormatting books . - noun Work done with the aid of
textbooks - noun The
act ofmemorising information; usedattributively to describe or denote questions that test information learned rather than requiring additional thought
Etymologies
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Examples
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Gotta do some "bookwork" and figure out where my tax money's gonna come from.
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I would guess that about 75% came out in taxes, plus there was so much filing and bookwork.
Prescott on Tax Cuts, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Where I am from, you can go to school and leran the bookwork part of the trade, but then you also have to find a Journeyman who will supervise your work and take you on at his/her employer.
I Will Not Read Your F'ing Script Lou Anders 2009
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And you barely completed the first phase of the bookwork.
RUBYRED AND PARSHOOTER Howard Giordano 2011
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The many layers of taxes, and the unbelievable bookwork, meant that I had to dip into savings to get through those years, even though I made a good income.
Prescott on Tax Cuts, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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This is being done in the name of helping the Royal Family with its bookwork, but Parliament contains several roundheads these days.
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This is being done in the name of helping the Royal Family with its bookwork, but Parliament contains several roundheads these days.
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He has two trucks, an equipment shed, and a room in his house for the bookwork.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Workspace 2009
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He has two trucks, an equipment shed, and a room in his house for the bookwork.
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You sit, you listen, you take notes and then you do your bookwork.
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