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exercise book

American  

noun

  1. a booklet or book having exercises pertaining to a school subject and blank space for practice.

exercise book British  

noun

  1. a notebook used by pupils and students

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Etymology

Origin of exercise book

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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All of their songs, whether fully realized or half-baked, were dutifully logged by McCartney into an exercise book he had swiped from school.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

A handwritten sign on paper torn from a school pupil’s exercise book is taped to the door.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

Yevgeny Lyamin is already learning Georgian, practising Georgia's unique alphabet in an exercise book.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2022

Or he’s sitting under a tree, writing, furiously, in an exercise book.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 15, 2015

He picked up his exercise book while sucking the second bone.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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