BOOKENDS

Etymology

Poker sense: because the cards are the first and last in a top straight.

Noun

bookends

plural of bookend

(poker, slang) An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

Verb

bookends

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookend

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 January 2025

PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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