cash-book
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Now, Mr. Pip,” said Mr. Jaggers, “attend, if you please. You have been drawing pretty freely here; your name occurs pretty often in Wemmick’s cash-book; but you are in debt, of course?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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The entries in the cash-book show how frugally he lived and how every spare sum was devoted to the purchase of books.
From Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine by Gordon, Henry Laing
Robb saw the debit slip among the charges vouchers lying in the cash-book dish.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.
The paying-teller laughed, so did Willis and the cash-book man.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.
"Water spots tan, don't it?" said Tillie, balancing her cash-book.
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie
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