exercise book
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of exercise book
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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They keep in touch over texts occasionally, and Ms Han spends two hours every day practising her English by writing phrases in an exercise book.
From BBC • May 23, 2025
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
A handwritten sign on paper torn from a school pupil’s exercise book is taped to the door.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Or he’s sitting under a tree, writing, furiously, in an exercise book.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 15, 2015
I grabbed a pencil and ripped a sheet of paper from my exercise book.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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