Book
Book verb - To arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use.
Glom
Glom verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.
Both words in one sentence
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There's a brief aside near the beginning of the book where Vimes and Carrot look at the disused Post Office building and its sign reading "NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT..." (a parody of the motto on the US Postal Service building in New York).
Source: Discworld / Men at Arms
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