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book·end  (bknd)
n.
A prop placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright.
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Noun1.bookendbookend - a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)
support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"


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Bookending renditions of Ravel's ``Mother Goose Suite'' and ``Bolero'' Thursday will be a Phil premiere: ``Master Peter's Puppet Show,'' the rarely performed, 27-minute composition by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla.
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Bookending the mid-year gains that saw the ranks of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union swell were the devastating loss suffered by unionized grocery workers and the fading leverage of organized hotel employees.
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Bookending the novel's main structure are the opening and closing commentaries of fictional writer Alexander Garber, who had been a youthful friend of spymaster Jakob Tausk.
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