bibliosnitch
English
Etymology
biblio- + snitch, with snitch meaning thief.
Noun
bibliosnitch (plural bibliosnitches)
- Someone who does not return books after borrowing them.
- 1900, William Harrison Ainsworth, The star-chamber:
- BIBLIOSNITCH: THIS BOOK IS LOANED YOU. READER. TO AMUSE. TO READ, TO TEACH, TO STUDY, NOT ABUSE. DON'T DOG ITS EARS...
- 1931, British Books - Volume 134:
- Are You a Bibliosnitch ?
- 2003, J. V. Blovian, Chez Vicalle: A Comedy of Rational Sexuality, page 40:
- So she was an unregenerate bibliosnitch with jockocratic tendencies. Is anyone Perfect?