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hardbound

[ hahrd-bound ]

adjective

  1. (of a book) bound bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hardbound1

First recorded in 1725–35; hard + bound 1

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Example Sentences

So, we “archive activists” went to a far back corner of a reading room at the University of Virginia’s Alderman Library and discovered scores of huge, hardbound volumes of old “Cavalier Daily” student newspapers.

Yes, the hard-bound human mind, like the hardbound soil, has to be ploughed up.

"I would'nt be angry, Cousin," said little Sam, when the porpoise gave token that he was hardbound in slumber.

The baroness was not a young woman, and she was a hardbound Blue.

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