Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, historical)A protest in which demonstrators gather in or occupy a segregated library in order to read.

Origin

Deverbal from read in or from read + -in; modelled on lie-in and sit-in.

Deverbal from read in or from read + -in; modelled on lie-in and sit-in.

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Forms

plural: read-ins
Singularread-in
Pluralread-ins

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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