a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
Examples of 'ration book' in a sentence
ration book
Twenty ration books wouldn't buy him.
Travers, P L What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989)
I reject this ration-book view of talent and opportunity.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Our ration-book parents saw food as fuel, except on special occasions.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
When not working the retro recession look, it may be sensible to imagine you have a ration book, limiting life to the necessities.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They all come from the same brassica family but don't share the same 'ration-book' stigma.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
When the misery of rationing finally ended in 1954, people held ceremonies to celebrate and the power minister publicly burnt a big replica ration book.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Warehouses were robbed, ration books forged and looters cleaned out blitzed houses.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He shows old war ration books.
Houston Chronicle (2000)
So complicated were the clothing ration books that the government launched annual 'quiz' to encourage people to get to grips with it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He was a copperplate handwriter, and his job was to write out all the names and addresses for the city's ration books.