schoolbook

[ skool-book ]

noun

Origin of schoolbook

First recorded in 1735–45; school¹ + book

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Soon, she’d be at New York University, where she gained a reputation as the girl who brought schoolbooks to parties.
Discrimination by the numbers | Christina Couch, SM ’15 | December 17, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
He washed up, and they ate their dinner of rice and potatoes on the floor, by the table on which the children’s schoolbooks were piled high.
India’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next | Neha Thirani Bagri/Dalgaon, India | September 6, 2021 | Time
One of their students is a young man who learned to sew so well that they helped him go into business making bags to carry schoolbooks.
She has devoted her life to helping Haiti. She doesn’t plan to stop now. | Courtland Milloy | August 31, 2021 | Washington Post
That could buy a lot of schoolbooks or feed a lot of hungry people.
Four Civilian Astronauts. Three Days in Orbit. One Giant Leap. Meet the Inspiration4 Crew | Jeffrey Kluger | August 10, 2021 | Time
Right now in Korea they’re jumping ahead, they’re trying to see how should kids’ schoolbooks be delivered now that you have some kids learning from home, some kids coming to school.
How One Female CEO Sees the Glass Ceiling | Fiona Zublin | September 28, 2020 | Ozy

The very first schoolbook that was written had God all over it.
Megadeth Frontman Dave Mustaine Supports Rick Santorum | David Sessions | February 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But you told this to Marina because of the association of Lee Oswald with the schoolbook depository?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Mill wrote what he intended for a schoolbook of Political Economy.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie Stephen
Ms Galvez came in and patted her hair and set down her schoolbook on her desk and powered it up.
Little Brother | Cory Doctorow
To retain the flavor of this schoolbook, the Transcriber has left all grammar errors in tact.
Parker's Second Reader | Richard G. Parker
John Milton was "the most notable man who ever kept school or published a schoolbook."
History of Education | Levi Seeley

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