commonplace book

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noun

a book in which noteworthy quotations, comments, etc., are written.

Origin of commonplace book

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby commonplace book

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Example sentences from the Web for commonplace book

I have a commonplace-book for facts, and another for poetry.
Concord Days|A. Bronson Alcott
"I have my trade, a lame leg and the marks of smallpox—and I never was good-looking, anyway," he wrote in his commonplace-book.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard
She has evidently just taken up this study; her exercises show the same thoroughness she exhibited in her German commonplace-book.
The Story of a Life|J. Breckenridge Ellis
I did this in thirty pages of closely written matter, of which a pressed copy remains in my commonplace-book.
Unconscious Memory|Samuel Butler

Every one has his and her own way of keeping a commonplace-book.
The Private Library|Arthur L. Humphreys

British Dictionary definitions for commonplace book

commonplace book

noun

a notebook in which quotations, poems, remarks, etc, that catch the owner's attention are entered

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单词	commonplace book
释义	commonplace book SEE SYNONYMS FOR commonplace book ON THESAURUS.COM noun a book in which noteworthy quotations, comments, etc., are written. Origin of commonplace book First recorded in 1570–80 Words nearby commonplace book common nail, common noun, common palmar digital nerve, common peroneal nerve, commonplace, commonplace book, common plantar digital nerve, common pleas, common prayer, common property, common rafter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for commonplace book I have a commonplace-book for facts, and another for poetry. Concord Days\|A. Bronson Alcott "I have my trade, a lame leg and the marks of smallpox—and I never was good-looking, anyway," he wrote in his commonplace-book. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13\|Elbert Hubbard She has evidently just taken up this study; her exercises show the same thoroughness she exhibited in her German commonplace-book. The Story of a Life\|J. Breckenridge Ellis I did this in thirty pages of closely written matter, of which a pressed copy remains in my commonplace-book. Unconscious Memory\|Samuel Butler Every one has his and her own way of keeping a commonplace-book. The Private Library\|Arthur L. Humphreys British Dictionary definitions for commonplace book commonplace book noun a notebook in which quotations, poems, remarks, etc, that catch the owner's attention are entered Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to commonplace book diary, journal
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commonplace book

noun

Origin of commonplace book

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Example sentences from the Web for commonplace book

British Dictionary definitions for commonplace book

noun

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