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Wordnik Word of the Day for December 07, 2012

 


librocubicularist

 



A person who reads in bed.


'All right,' said the bookseller amiably. 'Miss Chapman, you take the book up with you and read it in bed if you want to. Are you a librocubicularist?' Titania looked a little scandalized. 'It's all right my dear,' said Helen. 'He only means are you fond of reading in bed.'
Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop


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Published on December 07, 2012 04:34
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