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ˌcommonˈplace-book
Formerly Book of common places (see common-place n. 3). orig. A book in which ‘commonplaces’ or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement.
1578Cooper Thesaurus Introd., A studious yong man..may gather to himselfe good furniture both of words and approved phrases..and to make to his use as it were a common place booke. 1599Marston Sco. Villanie iii. xi. 226 Now I haue him, that..Hath made a common-place booke out of playes, And speakes in print. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. x. 176 A Common-place-book contains many notions in garrison, whence the owner may draw out an army into the field. 1668Hale Pref. Rolle's Abr., I have commended the making and using of a Common⁓place-Book, as the best expedient that I know, for the orderly and profitable study of the Law. a1794Gibbon Autobiog. 83, I..filled a folio commonplace-book with my collections and remarks on the geography of Italy. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. ii. i. 35 note, They..registered all his table-talk in commonplace-books alphabetically arranged. |