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guidebook

American  
[gahyd-book] / ˈgaɪdˌbʊk /

noun

  1. a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists.


guidebook British  
/ ˈɡaɪdˌbʊk /

noun

  1. Also called: guide.  a handbook with information for visitors to a place, as a historic building, museum, or foreign country

"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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Origin of guidebook

First recorded in 1805–15; guide + book

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“Over time equities should rise with inflation because companies can raise their prices,” says Wade Pfau, author of the Retirement Planning Guidebook.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

The story offers such a complete checklist of the author’s usual motifs and themes that it could serve as the Guidebook to Anne Tyler in the Wild.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022

Many hallmarks of the show — the busy streets, the packed bars, the book fairs and Comic-Cons, the not entirely incidental Big City Guidebook “Younger” has offered from the beginning — are missing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2021

But no one has grander thoughts at the Fleas than its owner and chef, one M. Amite, whose imagination has been fired by receiving a star from the Michelin Guidebook.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2019

Guidebook for teachers on initial stages of reading readiness.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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