A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
(law) A colloquial reference to a book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
(sports) The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.
(chiefly University of Cambridge) The act of memorising information; used attributively to describe or denote questions that test information learned rather than requiring additional thought
““A speed-reading bookaholic, T. R. called his dog-eared traveling volumes ‘The Pigskin Library’ because they had waterproof covers,” Brinkley said in an e-mail message.”
“Professional writers supplied a steady stream of texts for the bookmen, who also printed translations, editions, anthologies, and collections.”
“To say that bookmen existed on the Montana frontier is not to say that the emerging culture was always comfortable with or accepting of their presence.”
“Silverman, with the help of his sprightly crew of old-timers, has sketched out a profile of the great houses and the bookmen who gave each one a distinctive character.”
