Bookbinders

/ˈbʊkˌbaɪndərz/ noun

People who bind pages and covers together to make books.

From Old English 'boc' (book) + bind (to fasten), with -er suffix for person. The craft emerged in medieval times when hand-binding books was a skilled trade.

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