spiral-bound
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of spiral-bound
First recorded in 1940–45
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A customer came in and donated some spiral-bound, self-published works.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
The Cheesecake Factory’s spiral-bound novella of a menu feels less like dinner and more like a psychedelic thesis on American appetite.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
However, after three weeks they suddenly took my diary off me because it was a spiral-bound notebook, which was a prohibited item.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024
This spiral-bound compendium, once an Angeleno necessity, includes 504 pages of street maps in great gridded detail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
It’s not until he finds three huge spiral-bound folios of Jules Verne in Braille that he solves it.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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