Definition of "bookend" [book•end]

• A prop placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright. (noun)

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• "The 49ers were reportedly prepared to swoop up Ole Miss tackle Michael Oher with the No. 10 overall pick, giving them a long-term bookend for 2008 first-rounder Joe Staley."
• "I've noticed that if I have a week, it takes me a day or two to unwind and then of course the bookend is the slight anxiety that builds when I have to re-enter regular life."
• "American titles bookend, with Jonathan Kaplan's anarchic"