exercise book
Americannoun
noun
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 49-year-old exercise book discovered in a drawer of a Cornish school has been returned to a former student.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024
Nadezhda picked up a pink children's photo album and kindergarten exercise book from the ruins of her house, and put them on a shelf somehow still standing in the rubble.
From Reuters • Jun. 7, 2022
In his hospital bed, Bashir, who lost his left leg below the knee, had an exercise book in which he regularly practiced his writing in Pashto, his favorite subject.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2018
I rolled my eyes as he leafed through his exercise book and tried to show it to me.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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