Colorful term for someone with a long-overdue library book
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00:19 Answer 1 Score 23
00:31 Accepted Answer Score 27
00:54 Answer 3 Score 11
01:13 Answer 4 Score 41
01:22 Thank you
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ANSWER 1
Score 41
How about ... tome raider?
Or book keeper (not to be confused with bookkeeper)
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 27
Here are a few I came up with, choose one that suits you:
ANSWER 3
Score 23
Assuming they have no intention of actually returning the books, you might call them biblioklepts.
ANSWER 4
Score 11
- tome hoarder
- book miser
- deadbeat borrower
- literary liberator
- slow reader
- library annex (particularly if they have a number of books)
- library benefactor (due to overdue charges)