See bibliopoly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "There are as good fish in that buccaneering sea of Bibliopoly as ever were caught, and if one of them have broken away from your harpoon, I hope the net may prove a downright Kraken on whom, if needful, you can pitch your tent and live.",
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