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Good Book

American  

noun

  1. the Bible.


Good Book British  

noun

  1. Also called: the Book.  a name for the Bible

"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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There is actually a Good Book that discusses this.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

But then in 2020 I saw Kelly Fields’ “The Good Book of Southern Baking,” and I did a double take.

From Salon Mar. 20, 2025

The Bible is increasingly going digital, thanks in part to a generation that doesn’t read books — even the Good Book.

From Washington Times Dec. 7, 2023

The speaker read the Bush and Obama quotes from notes placed inside the Bible, as if the past leaders’ words, too, were from the Good Book.

From Fox News Jun. 2, 2020

She seemed to have finished her daily Bible reading, for the Good Book, still open, was pushed to one side.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

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