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scrapbook

American  
[skrap-book] / ˈskræpˌbʊk /

noun

scrapbooks plural
  1. an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.


scrapbook British  
/ ˈskræpˌbʊk /

noun

  1. a book or album of blank pages in which to mount newspaper cuttings, pictures, etc

"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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Etymology

Origin of scrapbook

First recorded in 1815–25; scrap 1 + book

Example Sentences

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This is not a race for the scrap book for Kevin Magnussen.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024

The light from the north-facing windows was gentle, and easy on the old scrap book that conservator Emily Olhoeft examined at her desk in the center’s high-tech paper conservation laboratory.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2017

“I’ve never seen a glove like that,” Ott said in a newspaper clipping in Sandlock’s scrap book, “but we looked it up in the rule book and there is nothing that says it’s illegal.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2015

A newspaper article from 1966 is seen in a scrap book Junko made featuring her husband Mutsuhiko Nomura, at their home in Tokyo, Japan, April 1, 2023.

From Reuters

She lay back in the easy chair while Edwin read aloud from his scrap book of fugitive verse.

From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Speed, Nell

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