Word Study
bookmark
CIDE DICTIONARY
bookmark, n.
Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bookmark, n. (also bookmarker) a strip of leather, card, etc., used to mark one's place in a book.
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