"book-case" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 205:",
          "text": "On one side of the room was a large coffer, whose carving was worn smooth and shining with time; and on the other was a cumbrous book-case, filled with large and silver-clasped tomes.",
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          "ref": "1868, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Burdens”, in Little Women: […], part first, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC, pages 59–60:",
          "text": "The dim, dusty room, with the busts staring down from the tall book-cases, the cosy chairs, the globes, and, best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.",
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          "ref": "1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 58:",
          "text": "“And I want a little book-case, papa,” she said; “a little one, you know, just for my favouritest books; for, of course, the most of my books will be down in the library.” So a dear little book-case was bought, also of bird’s-eye maple, and a pretty little work-table, with a low chair to match.",
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