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
Mr Gibson, from Rotherwas in Herefordshire, said he was looking through a collection of old documents when "one poem in this small exercise book just jumped out at me".
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 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
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
I grabbed a pencil and ripped a sheet of paper from my exercise book.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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