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exercise book

American  

noun

  1. a booklet or book having exercises pertaining to a school subject and blank space for practice.

exercise book British  

noun

  1. a notebook used by pupils and students

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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

A 49-year-old exercise book discovered in a drawer of a Cornish school has been returned to a former student.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024

In his hospital bed, Bashir, who lost his left leg below the knee, had an exercise book in which he regularly practiced his writing in Pashto, his favorite subject.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2018

Or he’s sitting under a tree, writing, furiously, in an exercise book.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 15, 2015

He clutched at my shoulder as she started rubbing at a page of her exercise book.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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