book in

British  

verb

1. to reserve a room for (oneself or someone else) at a hotel

2. to record something in a book or register, esp one's arrival at a hotel

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Example Sentences

I walked it back in 1991, book in hand.

From BBC

In Julia Quinn’s “Bridgerton” books, Michaela is Michael, and Francesca’s story is the subject of the sixth book in the series, “When He Was Wicked.”

From Los Angeles Times

“The part with my dad that was hard was sending him the book in August and saying ‘Dad, this is going to be really painful.

From Los Angeles Times

Ballard, who sold almost 2,000 copies of the book in the UK, has denied using AI to write the book - telling the New York Times an acquaintance she hired to edit the original self-published version of the novel had used AI.

From BBC

If you admired a cushion or a book in her apartment, she was apt to insist you accept it as a gift.

From The Wall Street Journal