copybook
noun
a book containing models, usually of penmanship, for learners to imitate.
copybooks
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pluralof copybook.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They’ve blotted their own copybooks by choosing to seek short-term relief at the expense of their long-term mission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
Not doing it is a bit of a blot on the copybooks of both players.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
Spencerian penmanship inscribed its elegant contours across the culture during its long reign among the ledgers and copybooks.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2017
But go back a few generations and you will find school copybooks full of diacritics: role was rôle, and so on.
From Time ● Feb. 17, 2016
“I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks, and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end,” he said dolefully.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
