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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

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Folded into the cozy slide-show vibe of Magnason’s home videos and the carefully chosen archival footage, the movie plays like a scrapbook portrait in which home just happens to boast the grandest of backyards.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

You can find more of her work—along with an ongoing digital scrapbook and archive of the early web—at her website, default.blog.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

That scrapbook shouldn't be put away on a shelf to gather dust just yet, then.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

We had come across something that felt entirely new and brought the evidence home from faraway Dale Mabry Highway to preserve in that scrapbook.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

That night Joe went home and wrote in his scrapbook, “Two miles: 10:36. Gotta take eight seconds off to be the fastest frosh crew ever!!!”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Boxes with scrapbooks and pitch decks started arriving in the hiring manager’s office.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Some went a step further, locating hair preserved in family scrapbooks that dated back as much as a century.

From Science Daily Feb. 7, 2026

O’Connor’s monologue focused on two things those unfamiliar with his acting should know about him: that he has a reputation as a “soft boy,” someone who embroiders, scrapbooks and gardens like an “average 65-year-old woman.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2025

As Golden began her research, Ana da Silva told her she had some scrapbooks and other artifacts in a couple of boxes.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2025

Underneath the scrapbooks is my old photo album, the black pages held together with the tie like a shoelace.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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