commonplace book

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noun

a book in which noteworthy quotations, comments, etc., are written.

Nearby words

commonalty, commoner, commonhold, commonly, commonplace, commonplace book, commons, commonweal, commonwealth, commonwealth day, commonwealth of england

Origin of commonplace book

First recorded in 1570–80

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Examples from the Web for commonplace book

I have a commonplace-book for facts, and another for poetry.
Concord Days|A. Bronson Alcott
"I have my trade, a lame leg and the marks of smallpox—and I never was good-looking, anyway," he wrote in his commonplace-book.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard
She has evidently just taken up this study; her exercises show the same thoroughness she exhibited in her German commonplace-book.
The Story of a Life|J. Breckenridge Ellis
I did this in thirty pages of closely written matter, of which a pressed copy remains in my commonplace-book.
Unconscious Memory|Samuel Butler

Every one has his and her own way of keeping a commonplace-book.
The Private Library|Arthur L. Humphreys

British Dictionary definitions for commonplace book

commonplace book

noun

a notebook in which quotations, poems, remarks, etc, that catch the owner's attention are entered

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