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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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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

In a recent plea deal, Betancur acknowledged that his story about distributing the Good Book was a ruse.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

By quoting the Good Book itself in the show-stopping number “Love Thy Neighbor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2020

Cora remembered other passages on slavery in the Good Book and shared them with her host.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead