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scrapbook

American  
[skrap-book] / ˈskræpˌbʊk /

noun

  1. an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.


scrapbook British  
/ ˈskræpˌbʊk /

noun

  1. a book or album of blank pages in which to mount newspaper cuttings, pictures, etc

"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

Etymology

Origin of scrapbook

First recorded in 1815–25; scrap 1 + book

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Anne Rohweder, who runs a Heated Rivalry Scrapbook fansite, says fans of the books were even asked to be a part of the show's early promotional materials.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Ms. Bernier’s “Matisse, Picasso, Miro — as I Knew Them” appeared in 1991, and her “Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir” was published in 2011 to coincide with her 95th birthday.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2016

When I visited, “A Scrapbook of British Jazz” was playing on a turntable; a vanilla candle burned on the desk.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2016

Sure, he missed a couple of gilt-edged chances, one which would have gone down in Gordon Smith’s Super Scrapbook of Wembley Howlers had his team not managed to win.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2016

The name of this thing is "Mark Twain's Self-Pasting Scrapbook."

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) by Paine, Albert Bigelow

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