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bookcrossing

 noun
     
book‧cross‧ing [uncountable]
the practice of leaving books in public places or on buses, trains etc, so that other people will read them and then leave them for others to read. There is a website where people can record details of the books and the places where they found or left them.
—bookcrosser noun [countable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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