bookwork
Americannoun
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work or research that requires studying or reading, as distinguished from laboratory experimentation or the like.
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bookkeeping or other paperwork necessary to the running of a business.
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Printing. work on books or pamphlets, as distinguished from work on newspapers.
noun
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the keeping of accounts
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learning through the study of books rather than from practical experience
Etymology
Origin of bookwork
1840–50; book + work; compare Old English bōcweorc study, independently formed from same elements
Example Sentences
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"I told him I'd do it - provided I didn't have to do any bookwork."
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2020
I was a shy lad who would naturally have preferred to sit unnoticed, to put my efforts into bookwork and to quietly succeed.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2020
The bookwork plays with sequencing interrupted and reversed time; the wall-based version of the work is an important transitional moment between abstraction and figuration in my practice.
From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2013
Academic work was never Waddle's strength, and he had to push himself hard to get through his bookwork both at school and during his time at the Academy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our time with the dead cat had officially come to an end—we’d be resuming regular bookwork for a while until we received our next lab assignment—but I still couldn’t face it.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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