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Doomsday Book

British  

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Domesday Book

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Doomsday Book demonstrates the need for coordinated international scientific and governmental responses to pandemics, but it also suggests that that’s not enough.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2020

The region was first listed in the Doomsday Book in 1086.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2019

But Mr. Geithner, in a memoir published this year, wrote that the Doomsday Book did help the New York Fed deal with the collapse of the investment bank Bear Stearns.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2014

The last time two books tied for the Hugo best novel prize was in 1993, when Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep and Connie Willis's Doomsday Book shared the award.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2010

The parish of Hammersmith is mentioned in Doomsday Book under the name of Hermoderwode, and in ancient deeds of the Exchequer as Hermoderworth.

From Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

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