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blankbook

American  
[blangk-book, blangk-book] / ˈblæŋkˈbʊk, ˈblæŋkˌbʊk /

noun

  1. a book containing blank pages, as a notebook or sketchbook.

  2. a book or pad of blank forms, as printed blanks for receipts or reports.


Etymology

Origin of blankbook

An Americanism dating back to 1705–15; blank + book

Example Sentences

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Dig up the biggest blankbook you own and get going.

From Time Magazine Archive

A paper-doll's house is quite different from the other kind of a doll's house, and Molly's was made of a large blankbook.

From Marjorie's Vacation by Wells, Carolyn

So Uncle Steve brought a blankbook almost exactly like it for Marjorie, and then he brought her scissors, and paste, and several catalogues which had come from the great shops in the city.

From Marjorie's Vacation by Wells, Carolyn

Dorothy Morton got out her blankbook, where she had written each item of the next day’s programme.

From The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail by Crane, Laura Dent

It was a small blankbook about six inches long and four inches wide, well bound in leather and thoroughly water-soaked.

From Eleven Possible Cases by Fyles, Franklin

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