book-token

A form of book token — A voucher that can be redeemed in the purchase of a book.

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Meanings

nounbook-token (plural book-tokens)

plural book-tokens

  1. alternativeAlternative form of book token.

    Bath salts seemed ordinary, a record or book-token impersonal, a pot-plant unimaginative.

    2015, Margaret Yorke, No Fury, →ISBN
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    I don't remember book-tokens — perhaps they hadn't been invented — and occasionally there were duplicate volumes.

    1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels

    Perhaps they should be paid in something else: book-tokens, lecture coupons, night-class dockets, culture vouchers.

    2010, Martin Amis, The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000, →ISBN
Cite this entry
APA

book-token. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book-token

MLA

“book-token.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book-token. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “book-token,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book-token.

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