exercise book
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of exercise book
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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All of their songs, whether fully realized or half-baked, were dutifully logged by McCartney into an exercise book he had swiped from school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
And as we take you back through almost a century of educational programmes, can we just check if you have your pencil and exercise book?
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2022
When I got back my exercise book, my teacher had commented, “But how can you tell if an otter is happy?”
From New York Times ● May 16, 2017
Or he’s sitting under a tree, writing, furiously, in an exercise book.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 15, 2015
Instead of finishing my homework, I grabbed an exercise book, ripped a page out and set about drawing a portrait of Ben.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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